Yates Center Carnegie Library

Yates Center Carnegie Library
Location 218 N. Main, Yates Center, Kansas
Coordinates 37°53′0″N 95°43′54″W / 37.88333°N 95.73167°W / 37.88333; -95.73167Coordinates: 37°53′0″N 95°43′54″W / 37.88333°N 95.73167°W / 37.88333; -95.73167
Area less than one acre
Built c.1912
Architect A.T. Simmons
MPS Carnegie Libraries of Kansas TR
NRHP reference # 87000974[1]
Added to NRHP June 25, 1987

The Yates Center Carnegie Library, located at 218 N. Main in Yates Center in Woodson County, Kansas, is a Carnegie library which was built in about 1912. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

It is a one-story red brick building on a raised foundation. Designed by architect A.T. Simmons, it is about 52 by 32 feet (15.8 m × 9.8 m) in plan. It has a five-sided projecting entry bay.[2]

Simmons designed five other Carnegie libraries in Kansas, including two other NRHP-listed ones: Council Grove Carnegie Library and Downs Carnegie Library.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Martha Gray Hagedorn (April 16, 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Yates Center (Carnegie) Library". National Park Service. Retrieved October 24, 2017. With photo from c.1918 and seven photos from 1986.
  3. ↑ Martha Gray Hagedorn (April 21, 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Carnegie Libraries of Kansas Thematic Resources". National Park Service.
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