NRHP: Sidney Carnegie Library
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Sidney Carnegie Library
NRHP Reference #: 91000838
NRHP Listing Date: 19910703
Location
740 Illinois, Sidney, Cheyenne County, Nebraska
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Summary
In 1903 a library committee was created in Sidney for the purpose of establishing a public reading room at the local Y.M.C.A. Books for the reading room were purchased with private funds. This progressive activity resulted in the founding of Sidney's first public library. In 1913 the Women's Club applied for a grant from the Carnegie Foundation to construct a public library building in Sidney. The land for the library was donated by a prominent Sidney businessman, and the Sidney Village Board passed a resolution that provided tax money for the perpetual care of the new library. Completed in 1914, the library is a one-story brick building with a raised basement constructed in the Jacobethan Revival style.
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