Osborne Public Carnegie Library

Osborne Public Carnegie Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	307 W. Main [1]
Coordinates	39°26′16″N98°41′56″W / 39.4378838°N 98.69893°W / 39.4378838; -98.69893
Area	less than one acre
Built	c.1913
Built by	W.N. Penland
Architectural style	Classical Revival
MPS	Carnegie Libraries of Kansas TR
NRHP reference No.	87000967 [2]
Added to NRHP	June 25, 1987

The Osborne Public Carnegie Library is a historic Carnegie library in Osborne, Kansas. It was built around 1913 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. ^[2]

It is located at Third and Main in Osborne, the county seat of Osborne County. ^[3]

It is Classical Revival in style, and is a one-story ted brick building built upon a raised limestone block foundation. It has a ridge hipped roof with its “original pantiles and ridge caps.” It is 46 by 32 feet (14.0 m × 9.8 m) in plan, not including its projecting entryway flanked by two Ionic columns. ^[4]

It served as the town's public library from 1912 to 1995, and later, including in 2022, has served as a regional history and genealogical library operated by the Osborne County Genealogical and Historical Society. ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. See address in photo
2. "National Register Information System – (#87000967)". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
3. KSHS: Osborne Public Carnegie Library
4. Martha Gray Hagedorn (April 14, 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Osborne Public Carnegie Library". National Park Service . Retrieved February 16, 2022. With accompanying 14 photos from 1986
5. "Osborne Carnegie Research Library - Osborne, Kansas".
6. See photo showing sign

External links

Media related to Osborne, Kansas Carnegie library at Wikimedia Commons