Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 90001811 Phone +1 559-592-5361 Added to NRHP 10 December 1990 | Built 1916 (1916) Opened 1916 Function Library | |
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Location 309 S. E St., Exeter, California MPS California Carnegie Libraries MPS Address 230 E Chestnut St, Exeter, CA 93221, USA Hours Open today · 9AM–1PM, 2–6PMFriday9AM–1PM, 2–6PMSaturdayClosedSundayClosedMondayClosedTuesday11AM–5PM, 6–8PMWednesday11AM–5PM, 6–8PMThursday9AM–1PM, 2–6PM Architectural style Mission Revival architecture Similar Visalia Branch Library, Tulare Public Library, Porterville Public Library, Exeter Public Works, Tulare County Public La Profiles | ||
Exeter public library tour
The Exeter Public Library is a Carnegie library located at 309 S. E St. in Exeter, California. The library was built in 1916 with a $5000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation; it was one of six Carnegie libraries built in Tulare County. Exeter's library program had been started in 1910 by the city Women's Club but lacked its own building prior to the construction of the Carnegie Library. The library was designed in the Mission Revival style by A. Merrill Bowser, whose plans were selected from three designs submitted to James Bertram. The design includes a low hip roof, a gabled parapet, and a wide entrance with panels of glass to the sides of the door. A Union Jack motif is used in the windows and the transom above the front door. The building served as the city's library until 1976, when it became a community center. It is one of two surviving Carnegie libraries in Tulare County, the other being the Orosi Branch Library.
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The Exeter Public Library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 10, 1990.