Area Less than one acre Architect Ward, H.B. Opened 1910 | Built 1910 (1910) Architectural style Edwardian, Beaux Arts Added to NRHP 24 April 1973 | |
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Location 118 5th Avenue N., Edmonds, Washington MPS Carnegie Libraries of Washington TR (AD) |
Andrew Carnegie Library is a library building located in Edmonds, Washington listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The building was constructed in 1910 after the city received a $5,000 grant from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie for the construction of a public library. The building numbers among its Beaux-Arts architectural features the Tiffany glass fan light over the main entrance and its terra cotta window and door surrounds and exterior corners. The building originally had a library on the upper floor, while Edmonds City Hall occupied the bottom floor. It subsequently served as the headquarters of the city's parks and recreation department. The building became the Edmonds Historical Museum in 1973.
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