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NRHP Reference #: 98000193
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NRHP Reference #: [https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/98000193 98000193]
  
 
NRHP Listing Date: 19980305
 
NRHP Listing Date: 19980305

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Broken Bow Carnegie Library

Broken Bow Carnegie Library

NRHP Reference #: 98000193

NRHP Listing Date: 19980305

Location

255 S 10th, Broken Bow, Custer County, Nebraska

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Summary

The Broken Bow Ladies Library Association, formed in 1885, began collecting books for a public library. Initially, the books that formed the library were rotated among the homes of the association's members and various businesses in the area. Eventually, the Library Association purchased a building to house their collection, and finally located the library in the City Hall. In 1914 the Carnegie Foundation approved the library board's request for $10,000 for a new building. The one-story brick building with a raised basement was constructed in 1915-16.

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