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Mountain Home Carnegie Library

Coordinates: 43°07′51″N 115°41′28″W / 43.13083°N 115.69111°W / 43.13083; -115.69111
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Mountain Home Carnegie Library
Mountain Home Carnegie Library is located in Idaho
Mountain Home Carnegie Library
Mountain Home Carnegie Library is located in the United States
Mountain Home Carnegie Library
Location180 S. 3rd St. East, Mountain Home, Idaho
Coordinates43°07′51″N 115°41′28″W / 43.13083°N 115.69111°W / 43.13083; -115.69111
Arealess than one acre
Built1908
ArchitectTourtelotte & Co.
Architectural styleWestern Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.78001061[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 24, 1978

The Mountain Home Carnegie Library, at 180 S. 3rd St. East, in Mountain Home, Idaho, was built as a Carnegie library in 1908. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

History

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It was built in 1908.

Architecture

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It was designed by the architectural firm of Tourtelotte & Co. It is a one-story white pressed brick building upon a raised cut stone foundation. It is "western colonial revival" in style. It has a Tuscan-columned portico with a corniced entablature topped by a balustrade. It has a bracketed, overhanging hipped roof.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ Don Hibbard (April 3, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mountain Home Carnegie Library". National Park Service. Retrieved December 15, 2019. With accompanying photo from 1976