Mountain Home Carnegie Library

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Mountain Home Carnegie Library
Mountain Home Museum - Mountain Home Idaho.jpg
Mountain Home Carnegie Library is located in Idaho
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; -115.69111Coordinates: 43°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

It was built in 1908.

Architecture

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

  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