Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 06000447 Architectural style Neoclassical architecture | Built 1907 (1907)-08 Phone +1 309-852-4505 Added to NRHP 31 May 2006 | |
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Built by Nels Granquist, Peter Swanson MPS Illinois Carnegie Libraries MPS Address 102 S Tremont St, Kewanee, IL 61443, USA Similar Wethersfi High School, Galva Public Library, Central Elementary School, Toulon Pubic Library, Geneseo Public Library Di Profiles | ||
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The Kewanee Public Library is a Carnegie library located at 102 South Tremont Street in Kewanee, Illinois. The library was built in 1907-08 to house the city's public library, which was formed in 1875 and had previously occupied a room in the town hall. The city's first attempt at building a Carnegie library came in 1901, but it could not secure funding to match Carnegie's $20,000 grant; later in the decade, it approved additional community funding and convinced Carnegie to supply an additional $5,000. Chicago architects Patton & Miller, who were well known for their work on Carnegie libraries, designed the Classical Revival building. The library's design includes an entrance flanked by four stone columns and topped by a portico, stone pilasters to either side of the front windows, and a classical entablature with a frieze and dentillated cornice.
The library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 31, 2006.