Carnegie Public Library (Huntington, West Virginia)
Carnegie Public Library | |
 Carnegie Public Library | |
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| Location | 900 5th St., Huntington, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°25′11″N 82°26′36″W / 38.41972°N 82.44333°W |
| Area | 0.2 acres (0.081 ha) |
| Built | 1902 |
| Architect | Stewart, James B. |
| Architectural style | Beaux Arts |
| NRHP reference No. | 80004015 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 3, 1980 |
Carnegie Public Library, also known as Cabell County Public Library, is a historic library building located at Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia. It was built in 1902–1903, in the Beaux-Arts style. It is two stories with a raised basement and has smooth gray ashlar walls. It features a pedimented, central front pavilion with paired Ionic order columns on its portico. The interior was renovated in the 1930s. It is one of 3,000 such libraries constructed between 1885 and 1919. Andrew Carnegie provided $35,000 toward the construction of the Huntington library.[2] It served the community as a library until 1980, when a new library opened across the street. The building houses Huntington Junior College.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Michael J. Pauley and Rodney S. Collins (July 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Carnegie Public Library" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
External links
- Library buildings completed in 1903
- Carnegie libraries in West Virginia
- Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Beaux-Arts architecture in West Virginia
- Buildings and structures in Huntington, West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Cabell County, West Virginia
- Metro Valley Registered Historic Place stubs