Enterprise Public Library

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The Enterprise Public Library, located in Enterprise, Oregon, was constructed with a $5,000 grant from the Carnegie Corporation and completed in 1914. After being nominated by Oregon's State Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation in June 2013, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. [1]

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References

  1. "Enterprise Public Library listed in the National Register of Historic Places". Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 14, 2014.