Woodbine Public Library

Iowa, United States

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The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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Located in Woodbine, Iowa, the Woodbine Public Library is a single-story brick Carnegie library designed by the Eisentraut Company of Sioux City and completed in 1909. Built with a grant of $7,500 from Andrew Carnegie, it was the first library constructed in Harrison County. The Prairie School style is evident in the building's low, horizontal massing and deep overhanging eaves with modillion blocks, while Mission Revival elements appear in the original clay tile roof, curvilinear parapet forms, and round-arched windows. The structure is topped with a hipped roof and originally featured the decorative tile characteristic of the Mission style, though these were replaced with asphalt shingles following a hailstorm in 1980. A western addition was added in 2001. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997, the building is also a contributing property to the Woodbine Lincoln Highway and Brick Street Historic District.