Peabody Township Library, also known under the older name of Peabody Township Carnegie Library, was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

(NRHP) in 1987. It is located in the Downtown Historic District of

Peabody, Kansas Peabody is a city in Marion County, Kansas, United States. It is named after F.H. Peabody, of Boston, former vice-president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Peabody is well known in the region for its Independence Day Celebration o ...

, United States.

History

In 1875, the original library was constructed. The library was useful but within a few decades of use had become too small. A committee of the Commercial Club, applied for a Carnegie library grant, and by the spring of 1913, the

Carnegie Corporation The Carnegie Corporation of New York is a philanthropic fund established by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to support education programs across the United States, and later the world. Carnegie Corporation has endowed or otherwise helped to establis ...

had agreed to a grant of $10,000. The building plan agreed upon will resemble that of the Carnegie library of

Galena, Illinois Galena is the largest city in and the county seat of Jo Daviess County, Illinois, with a population of 3,308 at the 2020 census. A section of the city is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Galena Historic District. The c ...

. The original library building was moved to the Peabody City Park, and the new Carnegie library was built on its site. On April 18, 1914, the doors were open to the public.Articles from Peabody Gazette-Herald from 1913 to 1914.
/ref> Later, the original library was moved again and became the Peabody Historical Library Museum. Since 2008, two computers have been available for high-speed T1 internet access, and free WiFi access allow patrons to browse the internet. The library is a member of th
North Central Kansas Libraries System
which provides an inter-library book loan service between its members.

Gallery

Image:Fountain next to W.H. Morgan House in Peabody, Kansas.jpg, Fountain next to W.H. Morgan House (immediate right), W.H. Morgan Barn (back right with red roof), Carnegie Library (left with brown brick),

Museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make thes ...

(back middle with green roof). Looking north-east in 2010.

References

External links

;Peabody Township Carnegie Library (new library)
Official Website
* * ;Peabody Historical Library Museum (old library) * * ;Peabody Downtown Historic District (library is located in this district) * * ;Maps
Peabody City Map
KDOT
Satellite view of Library
Google Map {{Authority control Library buildings completed in 1914 Buildings and structures in Marion County, Kansas Carnegie libraries in Kansas Education in Marion County, Kansas Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Kansas Public libraries in Kansas Historic district contributing properties in Kansas National Register of Historic Places in Marion County, Kansas

History

Gallery

See also

References

Further reading

External links