Chariton Public Library
Chariton Free Public Library | |
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Location | 803 Braden Chariton, Iowa |
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Coordinates | 41°0′57″N 93°18′20″W / 41.01583°N 93.30556°W |
Area | Less than one acre |
Built | 1904 |
Built by | Johnson & Best |
Architect | Patton & Miller |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
Part of | Lucas County Courthouse Square Historic District (ID14000324) |
NRHP reference No. | 05000906[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 24, 2005 |
Chariton Public Library is located in Chariton, Iowa, United States. The Library and Reading Room Association was formed in Chariton in 1879, but it was short-lived. The county superintendent of schools started a teachers' library in the courthouse sometime afterward. By this time the community had a library of 800 volumes.[2] There was an effort by study clubs in town in 1898 to raise money and establish a free public library. The Chariton Federation of Women's Clubs took the lead and opened a library with the books from the courthouse in two rooms above Gibbons Drug Store on the town square. Citizens approved a local tax to support the library the following year.
Librarian Margaret Brown and Library Board President Thomas Gay applied to the
In 1993 the Mason City, Iowa architectural firm of Bergland & Cram designed an addition that was added to the rear of the building. The library building was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1] In 2014 it was included as a contributing property in the Lucas County Courthouse Square Historic District.[4]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b Molly Myers Naumann. "Chariton Free Public Library". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-08-09. with photos
- ^ "Carnegie Libraries of Iowa Project-Chariton Public Library". University of Iowa. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
- ^ Molly Myers Naumann. "Lucas County Courthouse Square Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-08-09.