Director Kathi Most Area less than one acre Architecture firm Patton & Miller | Type Public Website www.redoak.lib.ia.us Opened 1909 Added to NRHP 23 May 1983 | |
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Architectural style Tudor Revival architecture | ||
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The Red Oak Public Library is located in Red Oak, Iowa, United States. The Carnegie Corporation of New York accepted the city's application for a grant for $12,500 on November 27, 1906. The Chicago architectural firm of Patton & Miller designed the Tudor Revival structure. It was dedicated on October 8, 1909.
The two-story building features a side-gable plan, and rustic brick-and-half-timbered style. It is somewhat unusual in that its main entrance was at grade. The corners are buttresses that rise from the base in a concave curve and disappear into the walls before they emerge above the eaves as parapets. A two-story addition was built onto the rear of the building in 1924 to house a new book stack, and another two-story addition was built on the south side to house reading rooms. Both additions complement the structure's original design. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.