Is Your Dream Home an Old Library? This Place Is For You – Book Riot

This former Carnegie library is full of details about its role as a community library–and it’s now looking for its next owner.

Periodically, a real estate listing pops up that is custom-made for book lovers. That’s the case with this listing from Alma, Nebraska. If ever you’ve dreamed of living in an old library, this may be your perfect opportunity.

Located at 111 John Street in Alma, this 1911 home is a former Carnegie library that has turned into a private residence. That doesn’t mean it lacks the hallmarks of the former library–indeed, the entire outside still looks as it originally did as a library and the inside of the home features plenty of reminders of the building’s former role in the community.

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1915 – Cornish Library, Winnpeg
Architect: S. Frank Peters

Designed by the architect S. Frank Peters, the plans had to be approved by Carnegie's personal secretary, James Bertram, to assure money was not wasted on exterior ornamentation at the expense of bookshelves and furniture. The Cornish Baths, Winnipeg's first indo
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1914 – St. John’s Library, Winnipeg
Architect: John N. Semmens

St. John's Library is one of two branches built in Winnipeg with grants from the Carnegie Foundation, the other being Cornish Library. Now extended with a new more accessible entranceway. The Library was built with a grant of $35,000 to serve the rapidly growing population o
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A snap from early this morning in the snow, a few hours before dawn.

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RHYMES WITH PRIDE - CARNEGIE LIBRARY, AYR

Still some spaces left if you would like to attend this event with me in Ayr at the Carnegie Library. It'll be my first time performing in the town and I'm really grateful to Amanda and the team for inviting me.

What poems would you like me to read? Let me know in the comments...

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~ Marcas

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Langside Library in Glasgow.

Designed by George Simpson in the Edwardian Baroque Style, it opened in 1915, making it the last of the Carnegie Libraries in Glasgow.

It was also the first library in the city specifically designed to be open access, meaning people were free to browse the shelves rather than having to request specific books at a counter.

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There are some amazing little details on Glasgow buildings. This example is of oak branches on the doorway of Whiteinch Public Library. I'm presuming this is a reference to public libraries providing the acorns of knowledge from which the mighty oak trees that create our society grow.

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