Sidney Carnegie Library

Sidney Carnegie Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The library in 2010
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Location	740 Illinois Street, Sidney, Nebraska
Coordinates	41°08′43″N102°58′25″W / 41.14528°N 102.97361°W / 41.14528; -102.97361 (Sidney Carnegie Library)
Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built	1917 (1917)
Built by	Carnegie Corporation
Architectural style	Tudor Revival
MPS	Carnegie Libraries in Nebraska MPS
NRHP reference No.	91000838 [1]
Added to NRHP	July 3, 1991

The grotesque on the east side of the main entrance.

The Sidney Carnegie Library is a historic building in Sidney, Nebraska. It was built in 1914 as a Carnegie library with funding from the Carnegie Corporation, and designed in the Tudor Revival architectural style. ^[2] There is a grotesque on each side of the main entrance. When the building was dedicated in 1917, it was the first public library in Cheyenne County, Nebraska. ^[2] A new public library building was built in 1967, and this building was repurposed as the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce. ^[2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since July 3, 1991. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. Robert Hurst (February 18, 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Sidney Carnegie Library". National Park Service . Retrieved April 25, 2019. With accompanying pictures