Norfolk Carnegie Library

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Norfolk Carnegie Library
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Location803 W. Norfolk Ave., Norfolk, Nebraska
Coordinates 42°01′57″N97°25′04″W / 42.0325°N 97.417778°W / 42.0325; -97.417778 Coordinates: 42°01′57″N97°25′04″W / 42.0325°N 97.417778°W / 42.0325; -97.417778
Arealess than one acre
Built1910
Built byWoerth, L.H.
Architect J.C. Stitt
Architectural style Classical Revival
MPS Carnegie Libraries in Nebraska MPS
NRHP reference # 98001567 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 31, 1998

The Norfolk Carnegie Library in Norfolk, Nebraska is a Carnegie library which was built in 1910. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. [1]

Norfolk, Nebraska City in Nebraska, United States

Norfolk is a city in Madison County, Nebraska, United States, 113 miles northwest of Omaha and 83 miles west of Sioux City at the intersection of U.S. Routes 81 and 275. The population was 24,210 at the 2010 census, making it the ninth-largest city in Nebraska. It is the principal city of the Norfolk Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Carnegie library library built with money donated by Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie: 2,509 Carnegie libraries were built between 1883 and 1929

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It has Classical Revival details. It was designed by Norfolk architect J.C. Stitt and built by contractor L.H. Woerth. [2]

It is a one-story 60 by 44 feet (18 m × 13 m) brick building with cream sandstone trimmings. It has a raised basement and a hipped roof. [2]

Norfolk was one of 68 communities in Nebraska that were awarded Carnegie library grant funds. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 Duane H. Upton (July 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Norfolk Carnegie Library / NeHBS # MD06-010; NE-98-00014". National Park Service . Retrieved April 16, 2017. With four photos from 1998.
  3. Kathleen Fimple (June 15, 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Carnegie Libraries in Nebraska, 1899 - 1922". National Park Service . Retrieved April 16, 2017.