Eagle Grove Public Library
Location
Current street address: 101 South Cadwell Eagle Grove, IA 50533-2121
Carnegie address: 401 West Broadway --Eagle Grove Historical Museum
Original building still standing: Yes
Still in use as a library: No
Carnegie Grant Information
Date of Grant: April 26, 19021
Amount of Grant: $10,000.001
Cornerstone Date: April 16, 1903
Opening Date: Tuesday, September 15, 1903, Methodist church2
Carnegie Correspondent: Eugene Shaffter, Mayor
Librarian, at Dedication: Mrs. Belle Y. Miller2
Architect: Smith & Gage, Des Moines
Contractor: C.E. Atkinson
Building Style: Neoclassical
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Building Description: "...Lehigh brick with trimmings of gray terra cotta and with Kasota stone foundation."2
Town & County
City: Eagle Grove
County: Wright County
Population in 1900: 3,557
Population in 2010: 3,583
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Sources:
Twelfth Census of the United States — 1900. p. 449.
Eagle Grove is a town in Wright County, which was established January 15, 1851. Wright County was named for Silas Wright (1795-1847) a former Governor of New York, and for Joseph A. Wright (1810-1867) who had served as a Governor of Indiana. In 1865, the town of Clarion, due to its location in the center of the county, was designated as the county seat. In Wright County, Eagle Grove and Belmond both received Carnegie grants, although Belmond chose not to accept theirs.
(Source: Pratt, LeRoy G. “The Counties and Courthouses of Iowa.” Mason City, Ia; Klipto Printing & Office Supply Company, 1977, p. 344.)
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