Yates Center Carnegie Library

United States historic place


Yates Center Carnegie Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


37°53′0″N 95°43′54″W / 37.88333°N 95.73167°W / 37.88333; -95.73167
Area	less than one acre
Built	c.1912
Architect	A. T. Simmons
MPS	Carnegie Libraries of Kansas TR
NRHP reference No.	87000974^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 25, 1987

The Yates Center Carnegie Library, located at 218 N. Main in Yates Center in Woodson County, Kansas, is a Carnegie library which was built in about 1912. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.^[1]

It is a one-story red brick building on a raised foundation. Designed by architect A. T. Simmons, it is about 52 by 32 feet (15.8 m × 9.8 m) in plan. It has a five-sided projecting entry bay.^[2]

Simmons designed five other Carnegie libraries in Kansas, including two other NRHP-listed ones: Council Grove Carnegie Library and Downs Carnegie Library.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Martha Gray Hagedorn (April 16, 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Yates Center (Carnegie) Library". National Park Service. Retrieved October 24, 2017. With photo from c.1918 and seven photos from 1986.
^ Martha Gray Hagedorn (April 21, 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Carnegie Libraries of Kansas Thematic Resources". National Park Service.