The Washburn University Carnegie Library Building in Topeka, Kansas, United States, is a Carnegie library built in 1904. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]
Washburn University Carnegie Library Building | |
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| Location | Off Seventeenth St. and Washburn Ave., Topeka, Kansas |
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| Coordinates | 39°2′8″N 95°42′3″W / 39.03556°N 95.70083°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1904 |
| Built by | James Cuthbert & Sargent |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| MPS | Carnegie Libraries of Kansas TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 87000972[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 25, 1987 |
Washburn College, later Washburn University of Topeka, established in 1865, obtained a $40,000.00 Carnegie Library grant for its construction in 1904.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Martha Gray Hagedorn (April 15, 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Washburn University Carnegie Library Building / Washburn University Carnegie Building--Education Department". National Park Service. Retrieved December 26, 2017. With photos.