Edge Rewrite
// HTMLRewriter · presentation

This page was redesigned at the edge.

Cloudflare fetched the original article and streamed it through HTMLRewriter to apply an entirely new visual system without rebuilding the source page.

Jump to content

Spokane Public Library - Main

Spokane Public Library
The building in 2007
Spokane Public Library - Main is located in Spokane riverfront area
Spokane Public Library - Main
Location within Spokane riverfront area
Location10 South Cedar, Spokane, Washington
Coordinates47°39′24.3″N 117°25′59″W / 47.656750°N 117.43306°W / 47.656750; -117.43306 (Spokane Public Library)
Arealess than one acre
Built1905 (1905)
ArchitectHerman Preusse & Julius Zittel
MPSCarnegie Libraries of Washington TR
NRHP reference No.82004910[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 3, 1982

The Spokane Public Library is a historic building in Spokane, Washington. It was designed by architects Herman Preusse and Julius Zittel, and built in 1905.[2] Its construction cost $100,000, with $85,000 coming from Andrew Carnegie.[2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) since August 3, 1982.[1] The library is one of four historic structures at the intersection of First and Cedar. To the south across First is the Grand Coulee building.[3] To the southeast across Cedar and First is the Eldridge Building.[4] All three are listed on the NRHP. Additionally, the Buena Vista Apartments across Cedar are listed as a secondary contributing property to the Riverside Avenue Historic District, to which the Carnegie Library building is listed as a primary contributing property.[5]

References

[edit]
  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 J.H. Vandermeer (August 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Spokane Public Library". National Park Service. Retrieved December 29, 2019. With accompanying pictures
  3. "National Register Digital Assets - 94000798". nps.gov. National Park Service. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  4. "National Register Digital Assets - 92001588". nps.gov. National Park Service. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  5. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form" (PDF). historicspokane.org. National Park Service. Retrieved July 28, 2022.