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Carnegie Library
The Carnegie Library was built in 1906 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Girard was the smallest city in the world to have a Carnegie Library, thanks to Miss Jane Addams, Founder of Chicago’s Hull house and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.
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Getting There & Details
- Hours
- Monday, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.Tuesday - Thursday, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
- Address
- 128 West Prairie
- Phone
- 620-724-4317
- Map
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