Document Type
Image
Preview
Creation Date
1940
Description
Built in late 1909 and opened in 1919, the Ellensburg Carnegie Public Library was the first public library in the city. A $10,000 grant from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation was used for construction. The furnishings and entire book collection as well as the librarian's salary were supplied by local funds. Lloyd's Opera House on right and Wipple house on left. The building served as a library from 1919 until 1966.
Recommended Citation
"Ellensburg Carnegie Public Library V" (1940). Ellensburg History Photographs. 187.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/ellensburg_history/187
Source
Local History Collection Photographs, Ellensburg Public Library
Format
image/jpg
Keywords
Ellensburg (Wash.) -- Buildings, Historic, Historic buildings -- Washington (State) -- Ellensburg, Public Library (Ellensburg, Wash.), Public buildings -- Washington (State) -- Ellensburg, Library buildings -- Washington (State) -- Ellensburg