Filed under: Local History | Tags: CARNEGIE LIBRARIES, KANSAS COLLECTION, Local History, PHOTOS
Here’s another great photo from our Kansas Collection- these kids are looking at stereo viewers on a visit to the original KCK Carnegie Library.
Filed under: Local History | Tags: CARNEGIE LIBRARIES, KANSAS COLLECTION, Local History, PHOTOS
The original Carnegie building stood behind where our Main Branch library is located today, between 6th and 7th on Minnesota Avenue. The library, designed by architect William W. Rose, opened to the public on March 4th of 1904 and was torn down in 1965. Sculptures of great authors, scientists, philosphers, and other notable historical figures were placed between the windows near the top of the building. Among them could be seen Charles Dickens, Charles Darwin, Dante, Homer, Ralph Waldo Emerson and William Shakespeare.
The Argentine Branch library is still housed in an original Carnegie building.
This photo is from the Kansas Collection.
