Cordell Carnegie Public Library

Cordell Carnegie Public Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The library, now a museum, in 2015.
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Location	105 E. First St., Cordell, Oklahoma
Coordinates	35°17′33″N 98°59′22″W / 35.29250°N 98.98944°W / 35.29250; -98.98944Coordinates: 35°17′33″N 98°59′22″W / 35.29250°N 98.98944°W / 35.29250; -98.98944
Area	less than one acre
Built	1912 (1912)
Built by	Bass, D.C.
Architect	Crowell, A.A.
Architectural style	Mission Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival
NRHP Reference #	89001966[1]
Added to NRHP	November 13, 1989

The Cordell Carnegie Public Library is a historic Carnegie library located at 105 E. First St. in New Cordell, Oklahoma. The library was built in 1911 through a $10,000 grant from the Carnegie foundation; New Cordell's Commercial Club, which had opened a reading room the previous year, solicited the grant. Architect A. A. Crowell designed the library in the Mission Revival style; several of its elements reflect the emerging Spanish Colonial Revival style. The building's curved parapet walls, exposed rafters, and original red tile roof are all characteristic Mission Revival elements; its segmental arches, sunburst moldings, and ornamental ironwork resemble Spanish Colonial Revival work. The library was the only one in Washita County until the 1960s; it also served as a community center and was regularly used by local schools. In 1982, a new library opened in New Cordell, and the old building became the Washita County Historical Museum.^[2]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 13, 1989.^[1] It is part of the New Cordell Courthouse Square Historic District, which is also listed on the National Register.

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