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This property is listed in the
National Register of Historic Places
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The gift of
Andrew Carnegie
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This property is listed in the
National Register of Historic Places
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In 1909 steel magnate Andrew Carnegie was contacted by local women's club member Liliian Waddell about sponsoring a public library. In 1911 the Carnegie Foundation gave $10,000 to the city of Clarksdale to build and equip a public library, with the provisio…
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This historic Carnegie Library
was built to serve the small, rural
population of the surrounding area.
It was dedicated on July 14, 1917,
and has been in continuous use as a
free public library since that date.
The Willows Chapter
Daughters of Amer…
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Diagonally across the street stood Walnut Creek's second library, built with a $2,500 Carnegie Library Foundation grant. In 1961 (after 45 years), the fast-growing city needed a larger library. This site was sold to help fund the new library, located two bl…
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This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
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New York, Dec. 27, 1899
Robert C. Morris, Esq.,
Dear Sir: Your favor of the 16th instant received. When the city of Cheyenne is willing to furnish a proper site for a free public library and maintain it at a cost of not less than $3,000 a year, I shall …
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New York, Dec. 27, 1899
Robert C. Morris, Esq.,
Dear Sir: Your favor of the 16th instant received. When the city of Cheyenne is willing to furnish a proper site for a free public library and maintain it at a cost of not less than $3,000 a year, I shall …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1SN1_carnegie-library_Peabody-KS.html
This property is listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1SN1_carnegie-library_Peabody-KS.html
This property is listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior