Vienna Public Library

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Vienna Public Library
Vienna Public Library.jpg
Front of the library
Vienna Public Library is located in Illinois
Vienna Public Library
Location 401 Poplar St., Vienna, Illinois
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Built 1911
Built by Davis and Bellamy
Architect Clymer, Thomas
Architectural style Classical Revival
MPS MPL015 - Illinois Carnegie Libraries Multiple Property Submission
NRHP Reference # 94001603[1]
Added to NRHP January 24, 1995

The Vienna Public Library, also known as Vienna Carnegie Library, is a Carnegie library located at 401 Poplar St. in Vienna, Illinois. The library was built in 1911 through a $5000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation. The brick building, designed by local architect Thomas Clymer, features a tall flight of stairs leading to the front entrance; two pilasters flank the staircase. The building provided a permanent home for Vienna's library program, which was established in 1895 and had rotated through a number of local buildings prior to 1911. County medical services have also been based in the library; the American Red Cross used the building as its headquarters during a 1917 influenza outbreak, and a trachoma clinic operated in the basement from 1936 to 1964. The building has also been used as a gym, a headquarters for city services, and a meeting place for several women's organizations and the Johnson County Historical Society.[2]

The library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 24, 1995.[1] It is one of two buildings on the National Register in Johnson County, along with the Johnson County Courthouse.

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