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The Olney Carnegie Library is a Carnegie library located at 401 E. Main St. in Olney,
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. Olney's library association was founded in 1882, but the city did not have its own library building until the Carnegie Library was constructed in 1904. The library was designed in the
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; it is the only Classical Revival building in Olney. Its design features brick
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capitals, two
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s atop the roof, and leaded-glass windows with keystone-patterned stone
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s. The library served as Olney's main library until 1990 and is now the Carnegie Museum. The building was added to the
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on February 14, 2002.


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Richland County Museums
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