Carnegie Free Public Library (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)

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Carnegie Free Public Library
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Location235 West 10th Street, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Coordinates 43°49′30″N96°42′36″W / 43.82500°N 96.71000°W / 43.82500; -96.71000 Coordinates: 43°49′30″N96°42′36″W / 43.82500°N 96.71000°W / 43.82500; -96.71000
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1903 (1903)
ArchitectSchwartz, Joseph
NRHP reference No. 73001750 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 14, 1973

The Carnegie Free Public Library, also known as the Carnegie Town Hall, is a historic Carnegie library located at 235 W. 10th St. in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The library was built in 1903 through a $25,000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation. [2] Architect Joseph Schwartz designed the building, a Romanesque Revival structure with Neoclassical influences. The library was built from locally quarried quartzite, a popular local building material at the turn of the century. While the building's massive form and rough-hewn stone exterior are Romanesque, it features a Greek pediment above the entrance supported by four pilasters on either side of the doorway. The building represents the only use of Classical details in a quartzite building in Sioux Falls. [3]

The library relocated to a larger building in 1972. In 1973, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1] The Civic Fine Arts Association ran an art museum in the building from 1973 until 1999. In 2001, the building was renovated and the Sioux Falls City Council occupied it as its council chambers. [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. 1 2 "Carnegie Town Hall". City of Sioux Falls. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  3. Putz, Paul (February 21, 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Sioux Falls Public Library". National Park Service . Retrieved October 25, 2014.