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Carnegie Library
Historical Marker
Location
of sign - The Carnegie Library is located at 217 S. Hiawatha
Avenue, Pipestone, Minnesota
Photo
taken - June 2009
Photos
courtesy of Jimmy Wayne
Text
of sign:
Pipestone
Historic District
Carnegie Library
This
building was constructed in 1904 and was the site of the Pipestone
Public Library until 1975. With funds provided by the
Carnegie
Foundation, the building was designed by Joseph Schwartz of Sioux
Falls, S.D. and was built of hand-hewn Sioux
quartzite
by local stonemason George S. Redmon. The use of different
colors of quartzite accents such features as the stepped
parapets
on the gable ends and the arch over the entrance. In 1980 the
Carnegie Library Building was placed on the National
Register
of Historic Places.
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