Kewanee Public Library

Kewanee Public Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	102 S. Tremont, Kewanee, Illinois
Coordinates	41°14′43″N 89°55′34″W / 41.24528°N 89.92611°WCoordinates: 41°14′43″N 89°55′34″W / 41.24528°N 89.92611°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1907-08
Built by	Nels Granquist, Peter Swanson
Architect	Patton and Miller
Architectural style	Classical Revival
MPS	Illinois Carnegie Libraries MPS
NRHP Reference #	06000447[1]
Added to NRHP	May 31, 2006

The Kewanee Public Library is a Carnegie library located at 102 South Tremont Street in Kewanee, Illinois. The library was built in 1907-08 to house the city's public library, which was formed in 1875 and had previously occupied a room in the town hall. The city's first attempt at building a Carnegie library came in 1901, but it could not secure funding to match Carnegie's $20,000 grant; later in the decade, it approved additional community funding and convinced Carnegie to supply an additional $5,000. Chicago architects Patton & Miller, who were well known for their work on Carnegie libraries, designed the Classical Revival building. The library's design includes an entrance flanked by four stone columns and topped by a portico, stone pilasters to either side of the front windows, and a classical entablature with a frieze and dentillated cornice.^[2]

The library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 31, 2006.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Sayers, John E. (January 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Kewanee Public Library" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Retrieved February 27, 2016.