Canton Public Library
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Location | 236 3rd St., SW., Canton, Ohio |
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Coordinates | 40°47′50″N 81°22′37″W / 40.79722°N 81.37694°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1903 |
Architect | Guy Tilden |
Architectural style | Neo Classical |
MPS | Architecture of Guy Tilden in Canton, 1885–1905, TR |
NRHP reference No. | 82003643[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 15, 1982 |
The Canton Public Library is a historic Carnegie library building in Canton, Ohio, United States. It was designed by Guy Tilden as the winning entry in a Carnegie library design competition. The library was built in 1903. It was said in 1973 to be "'one of Tilden's designs most admired by present-day architects'"[2] The library moved to another building in 1978, and the original building now houses law offices.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Ruth Whitticar; Amy Shriver; Jeff Brown (July 1986). "Guy Tilden Thematic Resources/ Architecture of Guy Tilden in Canton 1885-19O5".
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