Longmont Carnegie Library
Longmont Carnegie Library | |
 Former library building in 2019 | |
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| Location | 457 Fourth Ave., Longmont, Colorado |
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| Coordinates | 40°09′56″N 105°06′01″W / 40.16556°N 105.10028°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1912-13 |
| Built by | Wiggins & Sprague |
| Architect | Benjamin C. Viney |
| Architectural style | Renaissance Revival |
| Part of | Downtown Longmont Historic District (ID100001501) |
| NRHP reference No. | 92001406[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | November 3, 1992 |
| Designated CP | August 28, 2017 |
The Longmont Carnegie Library, at 457 Fourth Ave. in
Its construction was funded by a $12,500 Carnegie grant given on December 13, 1907, but there were delays due to controversy in the city obtaining a site and lining up maintenance funding. A library tax proposition was voted down in 1908, but a site was acquired by the city in 1912. It is a one-story rectangular simplified-Renaissance Revival-style building.[2] Benjamin C. Viney was its supervising architect.[3]
It served as a library until 1975. In 1992 the building served as a City Hall Annex hosting several city departments.[2]
It was deemed significant "for its social significance in association with
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b c d Glenn V. Sherwood (May 7, 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Longmont Carnegie Library / City Hall Annex / 5BL 536.7". National Park Service. Retrieved October 7, 2021. With accompanying 10 photos from 1912 to 1992
- ^ "Longmont Carnegie Library". History Colorado. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
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