The Carnegie Museum of Kings County, is a museum in Hanford, Kings County, central California.[2]
Carnegie Library of Kings County | |
 Hanford Carnegie Museum | |
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| Location | 109 E. 8th St. Hanford, California |
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| Coordinates | 36°19′39.3″N 119°38′43.4″W / 36.327583°N 119.645389°W |
| Built | 1905 |
| Architect | McDougall Brothers, Benjamin & George |
| Architectural style | Romanesque Revival, Richardson Romanesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 81000152 |
| Added to NRHP | December 17, 1981[1] |
History edit
The building was built in 1905 in the Romanesque Revival style with Richardson Romanesque elements. It was one of the many Carnegie libraries that were funded by steel magnate Andrew Carnegie, who awarded the city $12,500 to construct it.[2]
The Hanford Library was open in the Carnegie building until 1968, when the city and Kings County libraries were combined and moved into a new building. Local citizens raised the money to save the old library building from destruction and to renovate it.[2]
Museum edit
The Hanford Carnegie Museum opened in the restored Carnegie Library building in 1974.[2] In 2021, the Museum name was changed to The Carnegie Museum of Kings County, to reflect the Museum intent to present a larger community history. The history museum has displays of Kings County's people and institutions, to illustrate and explain the history of King's County and the area in the western San Joaquin Valley.[3][4]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ a b c d Hanfordcarnegiemuseum.org: History
- ^ VisitHanford.com Archived 2007-08-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hanfordcarnegiemuseum.org: Exhibits
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