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The Yukon Public Library is a brick-and-mortar
Colonial Revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the arch ...
structure located in
Yukon Yukon () is a Provinces and territories of Canada, territory of Canada, bordering British Columbia to the south, the Northwest Territories to the east, the Beaufort Sea to the north, and the U.S. state of Alaska to the west. It is Canada’s we ...
,
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. It was the original
public library A public library is a library, most often a lending library, that is accessible by the general public and is usually funded from public sources, such as taxes. It is operated by librarians and library paraprofessionals, who are also Civil servic ...
for the city of Yukon, constructed in 1927 for $4,500 raised by the Yukon Ladies Library Club. With The club continued to financially support and operate the library until 1979, when the city of Yukon assumed responsibility. A new library was constructed and opened in 1980, and the old library building was used as a utility shed and storage. The Yukon Chamber of Commerce currently occupies the building. Today, Yukon'
Mabel C. Fry Public Library
serves the community of Yukon and Canadian County. It was designed by architects Sorey & Vahlberg of Oklahoma City.


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Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma Library buildings completed in 1927 Canadian County, Oklahoma Colonial Revival architecture in Oklahoma National Register of Historic Places in Canadian County, Oklahoma {{Oklahoma-NRHP-stub