University of Kentucky, Carnegie Library, Lexington, Fayette County, KY
Summary
Significance: One of two Carnegie Libraries in Lexington, Kentucky. Built with a bequest of $26,500 from the Carnegie Foundation. Miss Margaret I. King, for whom present University of Kentucky Library is named, was the first librarian. Once held offices of Dr. Funkhauser and Dr. Webb, who started the Anthropology and Archeology Department at the University of Kentucky.
Survey number: HABS KY-158
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lexington fayette
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kentucky
carnegie
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carnegie library
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historic american buildings survey
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united states history
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Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Location
Lexington-Fayette
,
38.04058, -84.50372
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html