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The Ritzville Carnegie Library, located in Ritzville,
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, is a building listed on the
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. and It was built in 1907 with a grant from
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and still operates as Ritzville's library. It was designed by the
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architectural firm of Preusse & Zittel. Daniel Buchanan created a library in 1902 when he donated 268 books to the town, and a small library was created above a store. In 1903, the town allocated $1000 toward the maintenance of the library. By 1906, the citizens of Ritzville had convinced Carnegie to help, and he pledged $10,000 toward a permanent library if the town secured and maintained a location for it. At that time, Ritzville was the smallest town in the United States to receive financial assistance from Carnegie for a library. Its basement was used for town council meetings.


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