National Register Record for CORDELL CARNEGIE PUBLIC LIBRARY

Historic Name: CORDELL CARNEGIE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Current Name: WASHITA CO. HISTORICAL MUSEUM
Address: 105 E 1ST
City: CORDELL            County: WASHITA
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE ONE-STORY,RED BRICK CORDELL CARNEGIE LIBRARY WAS THE ONLY PUBLIC LIBRARY IN WASHITA COUNTY FROM 1912 UNTIL THE MID 1960'S. BUILT IN 1911,THE BUILDING REPRESENTES THE ONLY EXTANT EXAMPLE OF MISSION REVIVAL/SPANISH COLONIAL REVIVAL STYLE ARCHITECTURE IN CORDELL. LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER 11/13/89

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: LIBRARY
Current Function: MUSEUM
Area of Significance 1: EDUCATION
Area of Significance 2: ARCHITECTURE
Architectural Style: SPANISH COLONIAL REVIVAL
Architect: A.A. CROWELL
Year Built: 1912            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: GERALD NASH/ARRELL GIBSON
Date Prepared: 1989