Valley City Barnes County Public Library

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Valley City Carnegie Library
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Valley City Carnegie Library in 2009
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Location410 N. Central Ave.,
Valley City, North Dakota
Coordinates 46°55′35″N98°0′11″W / 46.92639°N 98.00306°W / 46.92639; -98.00306
Arealess than one acre
Built1903
Architect William C. Albrant
Architectural styleClassical Revival, Jeffersonian Revival
NRHP reference No. 79003724 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 18, 1979

The Valley City Barnes County Public Library, also known as Valley City Public Library or the Valley City Carnegie Library, in Valley City, North Dakota, United States, is a Carnegie library that was built in 1903. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1]

It was deemed significant as one of three libraries designed by Fargo architect William C. Albrant and one of only three relatively unaltered Carnegie libraries surviving in North Dakota. [2]

Valley City Carnegie Library, c. 1909 Valley City Carnegie Library.jpg
Valley City Carnegie Library, c. 1909

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Jacqueline Sluss and Kurt Schweigert (August 22, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Valley City Carnegie Library / Valley City Public Library". National Park Service. and accompanying three photos from 1978