Kewanee Public Library
Kewanee Public Library | |
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| Location | 102 S. Tremont, Kewanee, Illinois |
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| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1907-08 |
| Built by | Nels Granquist, Peter Swanson |
| Architect | Patton and Miller |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| MPS | Illinois Carnegie Libraries MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 06000447[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 31, 2006 |
The Kewanee Public Library is a Carnegie library located at 102 South Tremont Street in Kewanee, Illinois. The library was built in 1907-08 to house the city's public library, which was formed in 1875 and had previously occupied a room in the town hall. The city's first attempt at building a Carnegie library came in 1901, but it could not secure funding to match Carnegie's $20,000 grant; later in the decade, it approved additional community funding and convinced Carnegie to supply an additional $5,000. Chicago architects Patton & Miller, who were well-known for their work on Carnegie libraries, designed the Classical Revival building. The library's design includes an entrance flanked by four stone columns and topped by a portico, stone pilasters to either side of the front windows, and a classical entablature with a frieze and dentillated cornice.[2]
The library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 31, 2006.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Sayers, John E. (January 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Kewanee Public Library" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
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