Carnegie-Ellsworth Public Library

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| name = Carnegie-Ellsworth Public Library

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| image = Carnegie ellsworth library.jpg

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| location = 520 Rocksylvania Ave.
Iowa Falls, Iowa

| coordinates = {{coord|42|31|18.2|N|93|15|49.8|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Iowa#USA

| built = 1905

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| added = May 23, 1983

| area = less than one acre

| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64500180|title=Public Library Buildings in Iowa TR}}

| refnum = 83000363{{NRISref|2009a}}

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The Carnegie-Ellsworth Public Library is a historic building located in Iowa Falls, Iowa, United States. Local businessman Eugene Ellsworth donated the property for the library in 1902. The following year the Carnegie Foundation agreed to grant the community $10,000 to build the building.{{cite web|url=https://clip.grad.uiowa.edu/iowa-falls-public-library|title=Carnegie Libraries of Iowa Project-Iowa Falls Public Library|accessdate=2016-11-07|publisher=University of Iowa|author=}} It was dedicated on August 9, 1904. The single-story, brick structure is dominated by an elaborate entrance pavilion.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=83000363}}|title=Carnegie-Ellsworth Public Library|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2016-11-08|author=Samuel J. Klingensmith}} with {{NRHP url|id=83000363|photos=y|title=photos}} It features a semi-circular window above the cornice, which is supported by two Ionic pillars in antis between rusticated corner piers. The hip roof is capped by a cupola. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The Robert W. Barlow Memorial Library, Iowa Falls' public library, is now housed in a modern building near the Iowa River.

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