Peabody Township Library

Peabody Township Carnegie Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Peabody Township Library, 2010
Location within the state of Kansas
Location	214 N Walnut Street Peabody, Kansas, 66866
Coordinates	38°10′2″N 97°6′24″W / 38.16722°N 97.10667°W / 38.16722; -97.10667
Built	1914
Built by	M.R. Stauffer (supervisor)
Architect	A.A. Crowell
Architectural style	Neo-Classical
Part of	Peabody Downtown Historic District (ID98000590)
NRHP reference No.	87000959 [1]
Added to NRHP	June 25, 1987

Peabody Township Library, also known under the older name of Peabody Township Carnegie Library, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1987. It is located in the Downtown Historic District of Peabody, Kansas, United States.

History

In 1875, the original library was constructed. The library was useful but within a few decades of use had become too small.

A committee of the Commercial Club, applied for a Carnegie library grant, and by the spring of 1913, the Carnegie Corporation had agreed to a grant of $10,000. The building plan agreed upon will resemble that of the Carnegie library of Galena, Illinois. The original library building was moved to the Peabody City Park, and the new Carnegie library was built on its site. On April 18, 1914, the doors were open to the public.^[2][3]

Later, the original library was moved again and became the Peabody Historical Library Museum.

Since 2008, two computers have been available for high-speed T1 internet access, and free WiFi access allow patrons to browse the internet. The library is a member of the North Central Kansas Libraries System, which provides an inter-library book loan service between its members.

Gallery

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  Fountain next to W.H. Morgan House (immediate right), W.H. Morgan Barn (back right with red roof), Carnegie Library (left with brown brick), Museum (back middle with green roof). Looking north-east in 2010.

See also

• List of Carnegie libraries in Kansas
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Marion County, Kansas
• Peabody Downtown Historic District
• Peabody Historical Library Museum

References

Further reading

• The Peabody Gazette-Herald; February 12, 1913 / May 23, 1913 / August 6, 1913 / February 19, 1914 / April 16, 1914 / April 23, 1914.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Peabody Township Carnegie Library and Peabody, Kansas.

Peabody Township Carnegie Library (new library)

• Official Website
• NRHP Application (0.4MB PDF)
• NRHP Photos (1.1MB PDF)

Peabody Historical Library Museum (old library)

• NRHP Application (0.3MB PDF)
• NRHP Photos (0.3MB PDF)

Peabody Downtown Historic District (library is located in this district)

• NRHP Application (2.1MB PDF)
• NRHP Photos (6.3MB PDF)

Maps

• Peabody City Map, KDOT