Downs Carnegie Library | |
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Location | 504 Morgan Ave Downs, Kansas [2] |
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Coordinates | 39°30′14″N 98°32′40″W / 39.50389°N 98.54444°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1906 |
Built by | J.M. Kennedy |
Architect | A. T. Simmons |
MPS | Carnegie Libraries of Kansas TR |
NRHP reference No. | 87000966 [1] |
Added to NRHP | June 25, 1987 |
The Downs Carnegie Library in Downs, Kansas is a Carnegie library which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [1]
A library association was organized in 1903 to seek a Carnegie Foundation grant. It received a $6,140 grant in 1905. [3]
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. [3]
It was listed on the National Register as part of a study on Carnegie libraries in Kansas. [4]
As of 2022, it is still the Downs public library.
Media related to
Downs, Kansas Carnegie Library at Wikimedia Commons
Downs Carnegie Library | |
| |
Location | 504 Morgan Ave Downs, Kansas [2] |
---|---|
Coordinates | 39°30′14″N 98°32′40″W / 39.50389°N 98.54444°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1906 |
Built by | J.M. Kennedy |
Architect | A. T. Simmons |
MPS | Carnegie Libraries of Kansas TR |
NRHP reference No. | 87000966 [1] |
Added to NRHP | June 25, 1987 |
The Downs Carnegie Library in Downs, Kansas is a Carnegie library which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [1]
A library association was organized in 1903 to seek a Carnegie Foundation grant. It received a $6,140 grant in 1905. [3]
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. [3]
It was listed on the National Register as part of a study on Carnegie libraries in Kansas. [4]
As of 2022, it is still the Downs public library.
Media related to
Downs, Kansas Carnegie Library at Wikimedia Commons