The Spokane Public Library - North Monroe Branch is a historic building in the Emerson/Garfield neighborhood of

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

. It was designed by

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 1914 with $17,500 from

Andrew Carnegie Andrew Carnegie ( , ; November 25, 1835August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the History of the iron and steel industry in the United States, American steel industry in the late ...

. With It has been listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

since August 3, 1982.

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Carnegie libraries in Washington (state) Library buildings completed in 1914 Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state) National Register of Historic Places in Spokane County, Washington {{Washington-NRHP-stub