Downs Carnegie Library

Downs Carnegie Library
	Downs Carnegie Library
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	504 Morgan Ave; Downs, Kansas
Coordinates	39°30′14″N 98°32′40″W / 39.50389°N 98.54444°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1906
Built by	J.M. Kennedy
Architect	A. T. Simmons
MPS	Carnegie Libraries of Kansas TR
NRHP reference No.	87000966
Added to NRHP	June 25, 1987

The Downs Carnegie Library in Downs, Kansas is a Carnegie library which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.^[1]

History

A library association was organized in 1903 to seek a Carnegie Foundation grant. It received a $6,140 grant in 1905.^[3]

The one-story red brick building was designed by architect A. T. Simmons of Bloomington, Illinois in an eclectic style. It has a raised rusticated limestone block foundation. It was completed around 1906, and is about 50 by 30 feet (15.2 m × 9.1 m) in plan.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register as part of a study on Carnegie libraries in Kansas.^[4]

As of 2022, it is still the Downs public library.

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System – (#87000966)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ "Library Locations". Solomon Valley Highway 24 Heritage Alliance. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
^ ^a ^b Martha Gray Hagedorn (April 2, 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Downs Carnegie Library". National Park Service. Retrieved April 7, 2022. With accompanying pictures
^ KSHS: Downs Carnegie Library

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System – (#87000966)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.

[2] "Library Locations". Solomon Valley Highway 24 Heritage Alliance. Retrieved 2014-11-04.

[nrhpdoc-3] Martha Gray Hagedorn (April 2, 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Downs Carnegie Library". National Park Service. Retrieved April 7, 2022. With accompanying pictures

[kshs-4] KSHS: Downs Carnegie Library

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