Norfolk Carnegie Library

United States historic place


Norfolk Carnegie Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


42°01′57″N 97°25′04″W / 42.0325°N 97.417778°W / 42.0325; -97.417778
Area	less than one acre
Built	1910
Built by	Woerth, L.H.
Architect	J.C. Stitt
Architectural style	Classical Revival
MPS	Carnegie Libraries in Nebraska MPS
NRHP reference No.	98001567^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 31, 1998

The Norfolk Carnegie Library in Norfolk, Nebraska is a Carnegie library which was built in 1910. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.^[1]

It has Classical Revival details. It was designed by Norfolk architect J.C. Stitt and built by contractor L.H. Woerth.^[2]

It is a one-story 60 by 44 feet (18 m × 13 m) brick building with cream sandstone trimmings. It has a raised basement and a hipped roof.^[2]

Norfolk was one of 68 communities in Nebraska that were awarded Carnegie library grant funds.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b Duane H. Upton (July 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Norfolk Carnegie Library / NeHBS # MD06-010; NE-98-00014". National Park Service. Retrieved April 16, 2017. With four photos from 1998.
^ Kathleen Fimple (June 15, 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Carnegie Libraries in Nebraska, 1899 - 1922". National Park Service. Retrieved April 16, 2017.