Loading
  • 21 Aug, 2019

  • By, Wikipedia

Yates Center Carnegie Library

The Yates Center Carnegie Library, located at 218 N. Main in Yates Center in Woodson County, Kansas, is a Carnegie library which was built in about 1912. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

It is a one-story red brick building on a raised foundation. Designed by architect A. T. Simmons, it is about 52 by 32 feet (15.8 m × 9.8 m) in plan. It has a five-sided projecting entry bay.

Simmons designed five other Carnegie libraries in Kansas, including two other NRHP-listed ones: Council Grove Carnegie Library and Downs Carnegie Library.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Martha Gray Hagedorn (April 16, 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Yates Center (Carnegie) Library". National Park Service. Retrieved October 24, 2017. With photo from c.1918 and seven photos from 1986.
  3. ^ Martha Gray Hagedorn (April 21, 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Carnegie Libraries of Kansas Thematic Resources". National Park Service.