Vinton Public Library
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{{Infobox NRHP | name = Vinton Public Library
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| image = Vinton Public Building.jpg
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| location = 510 2nd Ave.
Vinton, Iowa
| coordinates = {{coord|42|09|59|N|92|01|21|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Iowa#USA
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| built = 1903–{{start date and age|1904|p=y|br=y}}
| builder =
| architect = Patton & Miller
| architecture = Renaissance Revival
| added = May 23, 1983
| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64500180|title=Public Library Buildings in Iowa TR}}
| refnum = 83000341{{NRISref|2009a}}
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The Vinton Public Library is located in Vinton, Iowa, United States.
History
The community applied to the Carnegie Corporation of New York for a grant to build a public library, and on January 22, 1903, they were awarded $12,500.{{cite web|url=https://clip.grad.uiowa.edu/vinton-public-library|title=Carnegie Libraries of Iowa Project-Vinton Public Library|access-date=2016-07-04|publisher=University of Iowa}} It was one of 22 public libraries in Iowa that were built with Carnegie grants that year, the most in the history of the program for both the state and the country.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=83000341}}|title=Vinton Public Library|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2016-07-04|author=Samuel J. Klingensmith}} with {{NRHP url|id=83000341|photos=y|title=photos}} The Chicago architectural firm of Patton & Miller designed the Renaissance Revival building. It features a full parapet, hipped roof with a deck, and a Flemish gable. It was dedicated on August 25, 1904, and it has subsequently been expanded. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
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Category:Library buildings completed in 1904
Category:Buildings and structures in Benton County, Iowa
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Benton County, Iowa
Category:Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa
Category:Public libraries in Iowa
Category:Carnegie libraries in Iowa
Category:Renaissance Revival architecture in Iowa
Category:1904 establishments in Iowa
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