The Spokane Public Library - East Side Branch is a historic building in East Central,

Spokane, Washington Spokane ( ) is the largest city and county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States. It is in eastern Washington, along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, south of the Canada ...

. It was designed by architect

Albert Held Albert Held (March 25, 1866 – 1924) was an American architect. He was born in New Ulm, Minnesota on March 25, 1866, and studied for two years at the University of Minnesota. He first worked as a draftsman Held moved to Spokane, Washington afte ...

, and built in 1913 with a donation from

Andrew Carnegie Andrew Carnegie (, ; November 25, 1835August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest Americans i ...

. With It was used as a library until 1980. It has been 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 artistic v ...

since August 3, 1982.

References

National Register of Historic Places in Spokane County, Washington Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state) Library buildings completed in 1913 Carnegie libraries in Washington (state) {{Washington-NRHP-stub