Carnegie Library
National Register of Historic Places

Carnegie Library

Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho
Listed
June 13, 2018
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
100002548

About this property

A Carnegie library is a library built with money donated by Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. A total of 2,509 Carnegie libraries were built between 1883 and 1929, including some belonging to public and university library systems. Most of them -- 1,689 -- were built in the United States, with 660 in the United Kingdom and Ireland, 125 in Canada, and 25 others in Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Serbia, Belgium, France, the Caribbean, Mauritius, Malaysia, and …

Location

101 5th St.
Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho
46.42017, -117.02658

Federal Designation

The National Register of Historic Places, administered by the National Park Service, is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical, architectural, archaeological, engineering, or cultural significance. Listing on the National Register recognizes a property's importance to American history but does not place restrictions on private owners; it does, however, make properties eligible for federal historic preservation tax incentives and enables consideration in federal planning decisions. This property is recorded in the National Register under reference number 100002548. It was listed on June 13, 2018.

Categories

ARCHITECTUREEDUCATION
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Nearby Historic Sites

Lewiston Historic District
Listed
0.2 mi
St. Stanislaus Catholic Church
Industrial
0.3 mi
Breier Building
Industrial
0.4 mi

Nearby Battles

Lewiston — Nez Perce Aftermath Violence ID
1878Frontier
0.5 mi
Nez Perce War — Lewiston Area Killings 1877
1877Indian Wars
0.5 mi
Battle of Snake River Crossing
1858Early Republic
5.6 mi
Nez Perce Reservation Survey Confrontation (1872)
1872Indian Wars
9.2 mi
General Howard's Nez Perce Council at Lapwai
1877Indian Wars
9.7 mi

Questions about this property

When was Carnegie Library listed on the National Register?

Carnegie Library was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 13, 2018.

What type of historic resource is Carnegie Library?

Carnegie Library is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Carnegie Library?

The period of significance for Carnegie Library is recorded as the industrial era.

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