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Canton Township Carnegie Library

Coordinates: 38°23′17″N 97°25′35″W / 38.38806°N 97.42639°W / 38.38806; -97.42639
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Canton Township Carnegie Library
Canton Township Carnegie Library is located in Kansas
Canton Township Carnegie Library
Canton Township Carnegie Library is located in the United States
Canton Township Carnegie Library
LocationCanton, Kansas,
United States
Coordinates38°23′17″N 97°25′35″W / 38.38806°N 97.42639°W / 38.38806; -97.42639
Built1921
Built byS.E. Willey
ArchitectWashburn & Stookey
MPSCarnegie Libraries of Kansas TR
NRHP reference No.87000960[1]
Added to NRHPJune 25, 1987

The Canton Township Carnegie Library is an historic Carnegie library at 203 North Main Street in Canton, Kansas, United States.

The library was built in 1921. It was the last Carnegie library built in the United States with Carnegie Foundation funding. The library was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

The community received $6,000 Carnegie Foundation funding in 1916; the library was completed in 1921.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ Martha Gray Hagedorn (April 2, 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Canton Township Carnegie Library". National Park Service. Retrieved December 27, 2017. With seven photos.
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