National Register Record for YUKON PUBLIC LIBRARY

Historic Name: YUKON PUBLIC LIBRARY
Current Name: None
Address: 510 ELM
City: YUKON            County: CANADIAN
Section: 20           Township: 12N           Range: 5W          
Description of significance: THE BUILDING WAS DEDICATED WITH A CORNERSTONE LAYOUT ON AUGUST 17, 1927. THE YUKON LADIES LIBRARY CLUB ORGANIZED THE FIRST LIBRARY IN 1905 AND WAS ABLE TO HAVE THIS BUILDING CONSTRUCTED WITH A DESIGN BY SOREY AND VAHLBERG. THE MOST PROMINENT FEATURE OF THE BUILDING IS THE RECESSED, ARCHED ENTRY. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 2/2/84.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: LIBRARY
Current Function: LIBRARY
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: EDUCATION
Architectural Style: COLONIAL REVIVAL
Architect: SOREY & VAHLBURG, ARCHITECTS; F.H. FASH, BUILDER
Year Built: 1927            Original Site: None
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: YUKON SUN, 11 JUNE 1959.
Date Prepared: 1985