Scottsbluff Carnegie Library

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Scottsbluff Carnegie Library
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The building in 2010
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Location106 East 18th Street, Scottsbluff, Nebraska
Coordinates 41°51′51″N103°39′38″W / 41.86417°N 103.66056°W / 41.86417; -103.66056 (Scottsbluff Carnegie Library) Coordinates: 41°51′51″N103°39′38″W / 41.86417°N 103.66056°W / 41.86417; -103.66056 (Scottsbluff Carnegie Library)
Arealess than one acre
Built1922 (1922)
ArchitectRobert A. Bradley; Otto John Hehnke
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference # 81000373 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 3, 1981

The Scottsbluff Carnegie Library is a historic building in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. It was built as a Carnegie library in 1922, and designed in the Classical Revival architectural style by architect Robert A. Bradley. [2] A 1936 extension was designed in the same style by architect Otto John Hehnke. [2] The building was repurposed as the West Nebraska Arts Center in 1966. [2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since September 3, 1981. [1]

Scottsbluff, Nebraska City in Nebraska, United States

Scottsbluff is a city in Scotts Bluff County, in the western part of the state of Nebraska, in the Great Plains region of the United States. The population was 15,039 at the 2010 census. Scottsbluff is the largest city in the Nebraska Panhandle, and the 13th largest city in Nebraska.

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

A Carnegie library is a library built with money donated by Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. A total of 2,509 Carnegie libraries were built between 1883 and 1929, including some belonging to public and university library systems. 1,689 were built in the United States, 660 in the United Kingdom and Ireland, 125 in Canada, and others in Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Serbia, Belgium, France, the Caribbean, Mauritius, Malaysia, and Fiji.

Otto John Hehnke was a German-born American architect. He lived in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, where he designed the Fontenelle Apartment House and the Scottsbluff Carnegie Library, two buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2013-11-02). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 Penelope Chatfield (April 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Scottsbluff Carnegie Library". National Park Service . Retrieved May 13, 2019. With accompanying pictures