Brigham City Carnegie Library

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Brigham City Carnegie Library
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Location26 E. Forest St., Brigham City, Utah
Coordinates 41°30′39″N112°0′51″W / 41.51083°N 112.01417°W / 41.51083; -112.01417
Arealess than one acre
Built1915
Architect Shreeve & Madsen
Architectural stylePrairie School
MPS Carnegie Library TR
NRHP reference No. 84000143 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 25, 1984

The Brigham City Carnegie Library, at 26 E. Forest St. in Brigham City in Box Elder County, Utah, dates from 1915. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1]

It is a two-story Prairie School-style building, one of 23 Carnegie libraries built in Utah, only three designed in Prairie style. In 1983 it was one of 17 surviving Carnegie libraries and was deemed "one of the best of less than twenty well preserved examples of public buildings designed in [Prairie School] style in Utah." [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Utah State Historical Society Structure/Site Information: Brigham City Carnegie Library". National Park Service. 1983. Retrieved September 10, 2017. With two photos from 1983.