Old Cawker City Library

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Old Cawker City Library
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Location 7th and Lake Sts., Cawker City, Kansas
Coordinates 39°30′39″N98°25′58″W / 39.510806°N 98.432839°W / 39.510806; -98.432839 Coordinates: 39°30′39″N98°25′58″W / 39.510806°N 98.432839°W / 39.510806; -98.432839
Built 1885
NRHP reference # 73000770 [1]
Added to NRHP March 7, 1973

The Old Cawker City Library at 7th and Lake Sts. in Cawker City, Kansas, United States, was built in 1885. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [1] It was built by local carpenter John Rodger and stonemason William Foster. [2]

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