Aaron T. Simmons, most commonly known as A. T. Simmons, was an American architect. He designed 71 Carnegie libraries, numerous courthouses, schools, churches and other public buildings, and most of the houses in the Cedar Crest area of Normal, Illinois. A number of his works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Simmons designed six Carnegie libraries in Kansas: in Abilene, Chanute,

Council Grove Council Grove is a city and county seat in Morris County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 2,140. It was named after an agreement between American settlers and the Osage Nation allowing settlers' ...

, Downs, Hays and Yates Center. Works include (with attribution): * Emmetsburg Public Library (1912), 10th St. on Courthouse Sq., Emmetsburg, Iowa (Simmons, A. T.), NRHP-listed *

Yates Center Carnegie Library The Yates Center Carnegie Library, located at 218 N. Main in Yates Center in Woodson County, Kansas Woodson County (standard abbreviation: WO) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was ...

(c.1912), 218 N. Main,

Yates Center, Kansas Yates Center is a city in and the county seat of Woodson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,352. History Yates Center was founded in August 1875. It was named for Abner Yates, the original ...

(Simmons, A. T.), NRHP-listed *

Dundy County Courthouse The Dundy County Courthouse, located at W. 7th Ave. and Chief St. in Benkelman, Nebraska, was built in 1921. It is significant for association with government and for its architecture. Relative to other Nebraska "county citadel"-type courthouses ...

(1921), W. 7th Ave. and Chief St., Benkelman, Nebraska (Simmons, A. T.), NRHP-listed * Ayer Public Library, 200 Locust St., Delavan, Illinois (Simmons, A. T.), NRHP-listed *Numerous works in Cedar Crest Addition Historic District, roughly bounded by Constitutional Trail, Division St., Highland Ave. and Fell Ave., Normal, Illinois (Simmons, Aaron T.), NRHP-listed *

Chardon Courthouse Square District The Chardon Courthouse Square District is located in Chardon, Ohio, and contains the Geauga County Courthouse as well as the several buildings serving as the courthouse annexes. The district was added to the National Register The National ...

, Public Green, roughly bounded by Main and Center Sts., Chardon, Ohio (Herricks & Simmons), NRHP-listed * Chase County Courthouse, Broadway between 9th and 10th Sts., Imperial, Nebraska (Simmons, A. T.), NRHP-listed *

Council Grove Carnegie Library The Council Grove Carnegie Library is a historic Carnegie library at 303 W. Main Street in Council Grove, Kansas. Council Grove's library association was formed in 1876, and they were given $10,000 by Carnegie's library program for a permanent b ...

, 303 W. Main, Council Grove, Kansas (Simmons, A. T.), NRHP-listed *

Downs Carnegie Library The Downs Carnegie Library in the city of Downs in Osborne County, Kansas is a Carnegie library which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. A library association was organized in 1903 to seek a Carnegie Foundation gr ...

, 504 S. Morgan,

Downs, Kansas Downs is a city in Osborne County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 800. History Downs had its start in the year 1879 when the Central Branch Railroad was extended to that point. It was named for Wi ...

(Simmons, A. T.), NRHP-listed * Iowa Yearly Meeting House-College Avenue Friends Church, 912 N. C St., Oskaloosa, Iowa (Simmons, A. T.), NRHP-listed * Oskaloosa Monthly Meeting of Friends Parsonage, 910 N. C St., Oskaloosa, Iowa (Simmons, A. T.), NRHP-listed *One or more works in Penn College Historic District, 201 Trueblood Ave., Oskaloosa, Iowa (Simmons, A. T., and Proudfoot), NRHP-listed

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