Downs Carnegie Library
The Downs Carnegie Library in Downs, Kansas is a Carnegie library which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
History
A library association was organized in 1903 to seek a Carnegie Foundation grant. It received a $6,140 grant in 1905.
The one-story red brick building was designed by architect A. T. Simmons of Bloomington, Illinois in an eclectic style. It has a raised rusticated limestone block foundation. It was completed around 1906, and is about 50 by 30 feet (15.2 m × 9.1 m) in plan.
It was listed on the National Register as part of a study on Carnegie libraries in Kansas.
As of 2022, it is still the Downs public library.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System – (#87000966)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "Library Locations". Solomon Valley Highway 24 Heritage Alliance. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
- ^ Martha Gray Hagedorn (April 2, 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Downs Carnegie Library". National Park Service. Retrieved April 7, 2022. With accompanying pictures
- ^ KSHS: Downs Carnegie Library
External links
Media related to Downs, Kansas Carnegie Library at Wikimedia Commons
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