Mountain Home Carnegie Library

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Mountain Home Carnegie Library
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Location180 S. 3rd St. East, Mountain Home, Idaho
Coordinates 43°07′51″N115°41′28″W / 43.13083°N 115.69111°W / 43.13083; -115.69111 Coordinates: 43°07′51″N115°41′28″W / 43.13083°N 115.69111°W / 43.13083; -115.69111
Arealess than one acre
Built1908
Architect Tourtelotte & Co.
Architectural styleWestern Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No. 78001061 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 24, 1978

The Mountain Home Carnegie Library, at 180 S. 3rd St. East, in Mountain Home, Idaho, was built as a Carnegie library in 1908. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]

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History

It was built in 1908.

Architecture

It was designed by the architectural firm of Tourtelotte & Co. It is a one-story white pressed brick building upon a raised cut stone foundation. It is "western colonial revival" in style. It has a Tuscan-columned portico with a corniced entablature topped by a balustrade. It has a bracketed, overhanging hipped roof. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Don Hibbard (April 3, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mountain Home Carnegie Library". National Park Service . Retrieved December 15, 2019. With accompanying photo from 1976