Osborne Public Carnegie Library
The Osborne Public Carnegie Library is a historic Carnegie library in Osborne, Kansas. It was built around 1913 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]
Osborne Public Carnegie Library | |
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| Location | 307 W. Main[2] |
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| Coordinates | 39°26′16″N 98°41′56″W / 39.4378838°N 98.69893°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | c.1913 |
| Built by | W.N. Penland |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| MPS | Carnegie Libraries of Kansas TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 87000967[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 25, 1987 |
It is located at Third and Main in Osborne, the county seat of Osborne County.[3]
It is Classical Revival in style, and is a one-story ted brick building built upon a raised limestone block foundation. It has a ridge hipped roof with its “original pantiles and ridge caps.” It is 46 by 32 feet (14.0 m × 9.8 m) in plan, not including its projecting entryway flanked by two Ionic columns.[4]
It served as the town's public library from 1912 to 1995, and later, including in 2022, has served as a regional history and genealogical library operated by the Osborne County Genealogical and Historical Society.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System – (#87000967)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ See address in photo
- ^ KSHS: Osborne Public Carnegie Library
- ^ Martha Gray Hagedorn (April 14, 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Osborne Public Carnegie Library". National Park Service. Retrieved February 16, 2022. With accompanying 14 photos from 1986
- ^ "Osborne Carnegie Research Library - Osborne, Kansas".
- ^ See photo showing sign
External links
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