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Leavenworth Public Library

Leavenworth Public Library Leavenworth Public Library - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Carnegie Arts Center of Leavenworth, Kansas an historic building in namesake city. It was originally the Leavenworth Public Library. Constructed in 1900 with funds donated by Andrew Carnegie, the two-story brick and limestone building was the first Carnegie Library in Kansas. The architect was Marshall R. Sanguinet of Fort Worth, Texas, who designed the Dallas Public Library at the same time."Doings at Fort Worth," Stone, October 1900, 358. It is listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places. Read more on Wikipedia

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