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Columbus Public Carnegie Library

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Columbus, KS public library funded by Andrew Carnegie.
Columbus, KS public library funded by Andrew Carnegie.

The Columbus Public Carnegie Library is a Carnegie library located at 205 N. Kansas in Columbus, Kansas. The library was built in 1913 through a $10,000 grant from the Carnegie foundation. George P. Washburn & Son designed the building in the Classical Revival style. The red brick building's facade is made up of three bays. The building's entrance pavilion features a wooden entablature reading "PUBLIC LIBRARY"; the entablature encircles the building. The doorway is topped by a glass transom with a triangular pattern and a limestone lintel.The library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 25, 1987.

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