Downs Carnegie Library

Downs Carnegie Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	504 Morgan Ave Downs, Kansas[2]
Coordinates	39°30′14″N 98°32′40″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1906
Built by	J.M. Kennedy
Architect	A. T. Simmons
MPS	Carnegie Libraries of Kansas TR
NRHP reference No.	87000966[1]
Added to NRHP	June 25, 1987

The Downs Carnegie Library in Downs, Kansas is a Carnegie library which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.^[1]

History

A library association was organized in 1903 to seek a Carnegie Foundation grant. It received a $6,140 grant in 1905.^[3]

The one-story red brick building was designed by architect A. T. Simmons of Bloomington, Illinois in an eclectic style. It has a raised rusticated limestone block foundation. It was completed around 1906, and is about 50 by 30 feet (15.2 m × 9.1 m) in plan.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register as part of a study on Carnegie libraries in Kansas.^[4]

As of 2022, it is still the Downs public library.

References

1. "National Register Information System – (#87000966)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. "Library Locations". Solomon Valley Highway 24 Heritage Alliance. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
3. Martha Gray Hagedorn (April 2, 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Downs Carnegie Library". National Park Service. Retrieved April 7, 2022. With accompanying pictures
4. KSHS: Downs Carnegie Library

External links

Media related to Downs, Kansas Carnegie Library at Wikimedia Commons