Английская Википедия:Auburn Public Library (Washington)
Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox NRHP The Auburn Public Library is a former library building located in Auburn, Washington listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Auburn Carnegie library is a rectangular 2-story brick building with a cast concrete foundation. It has a hip roof with a slight flare at the projecting eaves. The roof is composition tile. The building measures Шаблон:Convert, and there is a Шаблон:Convert extension at the center of the west facade.[1] The extension projects above the eaves. The gable is highlighted with a parapet trimmed with pressed metal. A Шаблон:Convert cast stone entrance arch with two panel doors in the face of the extension forms the main entry.[1] Fenestration consists of long casement windows in front and smaller ones on the sides and in back. Above each is a small fixed window divided by muntins into eight triangular panes.[1]
History
Women volunteers promoted and staffed the early libraries of Auburn. In 1912, the city was promised $9,000 by Andrew Carnegie for a library. It opened in 1914. The land was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Authur C. Ballard, who originally had plated Auburn as the "Town of Slaughter." The donation contained a condition that the land would revert to the original owners when it ceased to be used for a library. The Carnegie building served the community for many years, but it ultimately proved too small to hold all the books and magazines it owned. In 1962, a $225,000 bond issue was approved by the voters and a new library opened in 1964. The proviso about the land being used for library purposes was then discovered and the property reverted to the Ballard family.[1] It is a pure example of the typical Carnegie Library and is unaltered. The architect made a conscientious effort to incorporate all Carnegie's suggestions for library design, and all the elements of what Carnegie considered important are faithfully represented.[1]
Bibliography
- Morley, Roberta. The Official Book of the City of Auburn from 1891 to 1976. Auburn, WA 1976.
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- Английская Википедия
- 1914 establishments in Washington (state)
- Buildings and structures in Auburn, Washington
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- Library buildings completed in 1914
- National Register of Historic Places in King County, Washington
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