The Vienna Public Library, also known as Vienna Carnegie Library, is a Carnegie library at 401 Poplar St. in Vienna, Illinois. It was built in 1911 with a $5000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation. The brick building, designed by local architect Thomas Clymer, features a tall flight of stairs leading to the front entrance; two pilasters flank the staircase. The building provided a permanent home for Vienna's library program, which was established in 1895 and had rotated through a number of local buildings prior to 1911. County medical services have also been based in the library: The American Red Cross used the building as its headquarters during a 1917 influenza outbreak, and a trachoma clinic operated in the basement from 1936 to 1964. The building has also been used as a gym, a headquarters for city services, and a meeting place for several women's organizations and the Johnson County Historical Society.[2]
Vienna Public Library | |
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| Location | 401 Poplar St., Vienna, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 37°24′58″N 88°53′39″W / 37.41611°N 88.89417°W |
| Built | 1911 |
| Built by | Davis and Bellamy |
| Architect | Clymer, Thomas |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| Website | viennapubliclibrary |
| MPS | MPL015 - Illinois Carnegie Libraries Multiple Property Submission |
| NRHP reference No. | 94001603[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 24, 1995 |
The library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 24, 1995.[1] It is one of two buildings on the National Register in Johnson County, along with the Johnson County Courthouse.
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Ray, Crystal (October 31, 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Vienna Public Library" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 6, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2013.