Alden Public Library
Location
Current street address: 1012 Water St. Alden, Iowa 50006
Carnegie address: 1012 Water St. Alden, Iowa 50006
Original building still standing: Yes
Still in use as a library: Yes
Carnegie Grant Information
Date of Grant: November 3, 19131
Amount of Grant: $9,000.001
Cornerstone Date: April 27, 1914
Opening Date: Wednesday, August 26, 1914, Methodist church2
Carnegie Correspondent: H. E. Button
Librarian, at Dedication: Miss Cora J. Haeussler
Architect: Wetherell & Gage, Des Moines
Contractor: L.F. Parkinson, Iowa City
Building Style:
Building Size: 53 ft. 10 in. x 28 ft. 2 in.
Building Description: "The new building is of buff Matt brick with roof of English tile, it presents a most attractive appearance without and within."2
Town & County
City: Alden
County: Hardin County
Population in 1900: 709
Population in 2010: 787
Town/County Images:
Sources:
Twelfth Census of the United States — 1900. p. 448.
Alden is a town in Hardin County,which was established on January 15, 1851. The county was named for Colonel John J. Hardin of Illinois, who had fought in the Black Hawk War, and had been killed in the Mexican War. Eldora is the county seat of Hardin County. In Hardin County, Alden, Eldora, and Iowa Falls all received Carnegie grants.
(Source: Pratt, LeRoy G. “The Counties and Courthouses of Iowa.” Mason City, Ia; Klipto Printing & Office Supply Company, 1977, p. 147.)
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