NRHP: Loup City Township Carnegie Library

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Loup City Township Carnegie Library

Loup City Township Carnegie Library

NRHP Reference #: 07001326

NRHP Listing Date: 20071227

Location

652 N, Loup City, Sherman County, Nebraska

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Summary

The Loup City Township Carnegie Library is significant for its association with the philanthropy of the Carnegie Corporation in donating funds that allowed small towns across the United States to be able to afford to have their own free standing public library. This property is also significant in the area of architecture as a Neoclassical Revival building designed by the prominent Lincoln architectural firm of Fiske and Meginnis.

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