Oroville Carnegie Library
Built 1912
has been placed on
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
In 1911, Andrew Carnegie, Scottish industrialist, businessman, and major philanthropist, endowed upon City of Oroville $10,000 for the construction of a public library building. The building was constructed and the Oroville Public Library was ready for public use in 1912.
Oroville Public Library is one of the thirty-six Temple-Style Classical Revival California Carnegie buildings completed between 1903 and 1918, of which only 18 are standing today. The library was designed by architect William Henry Weeks, who designed twenty-two libraries between 1902 and 1921 (spanning nearly the entire Carnegie Libary period).
Marker is at the intersection of Montgomery Street and Oak Street, on the right when traveling east on Montgomery Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
