Former Mount Pleasant Public Library

United States historic place
Mount Pleasant Public Library
40°58′03.9″N 91°33′09.2″W / 40.967750°N 91.552556°W / 40.967750; -91.552556
Arealess than one acre
Built1903-1904
ArchitectPatton & Miller
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No.83000367[1]
Added to NRHPMay 23, 1983

The Former Mount Pleasant Public Library is a historic building located in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States. The library here was established in 1875. The community applied to Andrew Carnegie for a grant to build a new building, which was accepted on January 13, 1903. They were initially granted $10,000 and then were given a further $2,500.[2] The Chicago architectural firm Patton & Miller designed the Romanesque Revival structure. They adapted Henry Hobson Richardson's Thomas Crane Public Library (1882) for this building.[3] Unlike the Crane Library, this building is primarily brick with rough stone used for a short tower on the main facade and for the trim. It also features an asymmetrical grouping of intersecting gables. The building opened on Wednesday, February 22, 1905. An addition was built onto the rear of the building in 1926. It was designed by the Des Moines architectural firm of Dougher, Rich & Woodburn. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1] The library has subsequently moved to another facility and this building now houses a branch of Southeastern Community College.

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Carnegie Libraries of Iowa Project-Mount Pleasant Public Library". University of Iowa. Retrieved 2017-04-30.
  3. ^ Samuel J. Klingensmith. "Mount Pleasant Public Library". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-04-30. with photo(s)
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