The Norfolk Carnegie Library in Norfolk, Nebraska is a Carnegie library which was built in 1910. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]
Norfolk Carnegie Library | |
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| Location | 803 W. Norfolk Ave., Norfolk, Nebraska |
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| Coordinates | 42°01′57″N 97°25′04″W / 42.0325°N 97.417778°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1910 |
| Built by | Woerth, L.H. |
| Architect | J.C. Stitt |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| MPS | Carnegie Libraries in Nebraska MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 98001567[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 31, 1998 |
It has Classical Revival details. It was designed by Norfolk architect J.C. Stitt and built by contractor L.H. Woerth.[2]
It is a one-story 60 by 44 feet (18 m × 13 m) brick building with cream sandstone trimmings. It has a raised basement and a hipped roof.[2]
Norfolk was one of 68 communities in Nebraska that were awarded Carnegie library grant funds.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Duane H. Upton (July 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Norfolk Carnegie Library / NeHBS # MD06-010; NE-98-00014". National Park Service. Retrieved April 16, 2017. With four photos from 1998.
- ^ Kathleen Fimple (June 15, 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Carnegie Libraries in Nebraska, 1899 - 1922". National Park Service. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
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