The Former Eldora Public Library is a historic building located in

Eldora, Iowa Eldora is a city in Hardin County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,663 at the time of the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Hardin County. History Eldora was platted in 1853. It was incorporated on July 1, 1895. The name Eldora was ...

, United States. On December 30, 1901, the Carnegie Foundation agreed to grant the community $10,000 to build a new library building. The

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architectural firm of

Patton & Miller Patton & Miller was an architectural firm of Chicago, Illinois. Normand Smith Patton and Grant C. Miller designed over 100 Carnegie libraries nationwide, including Buffalo Township Public Library, built in 1894, and 14 more in Illinois.Schnell ...

designed it in the

Renaissance Revival Renaissance Revival architecture (sometimes referred to as "Neo-Renaissance") is a group of 19th century architectural revival styles which were neither Greek Revival nor Gothic Revival but which instead drew inspiration from a wide range ...

style, and it was dedicated on May 11, 1903. The single-story, brick structure is somewhat rare in that its plan is an asymmetrical massing of intersecting

gable A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system used, which reflects climate, material availability, and aest ...

s. with The entrance pavilion is located at the intersection of the two masses. The building was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artist ...

in 1983. In 2010 it was included as a

contributing property In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...

in the

Eldora Downtown Historic District The Eldora Downtown Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Eldora, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. At the time of its nomination the district consisted o ...

in 2010. The library has subsequently moved to a new facility, and this building has been converted for commercial use.

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Library buildings completed in 1903 Renaissance Revival architecture in Iowa Eldora, Iowa Buildings and structures in Hardin County, Iowa National Register of Historic Places in Hardin County, Iowa Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa Carnegie libraries in Iowa Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Iowa {{HardinCountyIA-NRHP-stub