Kilbourn Public Library

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Kilbourn Public Library
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Location429 Broadway, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Coordinates 43°37′41″N89°46′15″W / 43.62806°N 89.77083°W / 43.62806; -89.77083
Arealess than one acre
Built1912 (1912)
ArchitectClaude & Stavck
Architectural stylePrairie School
NRHP reference No. 74000061 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 27, 1974

Kilbourn Public Library is a Carnegie library in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin United States. The library was built in 1912 and designed by Claude & Starck, an architectural firm from Madison known for its library plans. The library is designed in the Prairie School style with elements of Arts and Crafts movement architecture. The city of Wisconsin Dells eventually abandoned the library for a new building. In 1999, the old library building was moved next to the new building, where it is now used for offices. [2] The library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 27, 1974. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "Kilbourn Public Library". National or State Registers Record. Wisconsin Historical Society . Retrieved January 1, 2013.