Havana Public Library

Historic library in Havana, Illinois, US

United States historic place


Havana Public Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Front of the library
40°17′49″N 90°3′36″W / 40.29694°N 90.06000°W / 40.29694; -90.06000
Area	less than one acre
Built	1901
Architect	C.E. Hair (1901 building) Deal and Ginzel (1937 addition)
Architectural style	Classical Revival
MPS	Illinois Carnegie Libraries MPS
NRHP reference No.	94000014^[1]
Added to NRHP	February 16, 1994

The Havana Public Library is a Carnegie library located at 201 W. Adams St. in Havana, Illinois. The library was built in 1902 to house Havana's library program, which began in 1896 and was previously kept in a room of the city hall. The building's construction was funded by an $8,000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation as well as a local library tax. The blond brick building was designed in the Classical Revival style. The front of the building features four bays separated by five Ionic pilasters, an asymmetrical pedimented entrance, and a stepped parapet atop the entrance bay.^[2]

The library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 16, 1994.^[1]

Notes

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Schnell, Karen E. (November 10, 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Havana Public Library" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 6, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2014.