Carnegie Public Library (Huntington, West Virginia)

Carnegie Public Library
Carnegie Public Library, October 2012
Location 900 5th St., Huntington, West Virginia
Coordinates 38°25′11″N 82°26′36″W / 38.41972°N 82.44333°W / 38.41972; -82.44333Coordinates: 38°25′11″N 82°26′36″W / 38.41972°N 82.44333°W / 38.41972; -82.44333
Area 0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built 1902
Architect Stewart, James B.
Architectural style Beaux Arts
NRHP reference #

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

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ 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.
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