Madison Carnegie Library

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| name = Madison Carnegie Library

| nrhp_type = nrhp

| image = Madison Carnegie Library.jpg

| caption = The Madison Public Library's original entrance

| location = Madison, Minnesota

| coordinates = {{coord|45|0|44.96|N|96|11|35.39|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Minnesota#USA

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| built = 1905

| architect = Ralph D. Church and Gerhard Herriges

| architecture = Neoclassicism

| added = August 23, 1985

| refnum = 85001823{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/MN/Lake/State.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020630103852/http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/MN/Lake/state.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2002-06-30|title=National Register of Historic Places|date=2007-10-16|publisher=National Park Service}}

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The Madison Carnegie Library or Madison Public Library, located at 401 Sixth Avenue, Madison, in the U.S. state of Minnesota is a public library building built in 1905 of brick with limestone trim. Its characteristic features include a columned and pedimented main entrance and a small polygonal dome on its flat roof. The structure was built with an $8,000 grant from Andrew Carnegie. This was one of over 3,000 libraries in 47 states funded by Carnegie. Local residents gave an additional $1,000 in gifts and books at its dedication on January 22, 1906. Gerhard Herriges, a contractor for public buildings in Western Minnesota, built the building for $6,216.85.{{cite web|title=Notes from the Ottawa Room |publisher=Ottawa Public Library |url=http://www.biblioottawalibrary.ca/connect/research/local/carnegie_library_e.html |accessdate=2007-10-16 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080325231751/http://www.biblioottawalibrary.ca/connect/research/local/carnegie_library_e.html |archivedate=2008-03-25 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web| title =History| publisher =Madison Library| date =2003-04-29| url =http://www.madisonlibrary.info/| accessdate =2007-11-13}}

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