Harvard's 1915 Carnegie Library

By The Explore Nebraska History team

Harvard's first library in 1885 was a traveling one established in Church's Drugstore, and moved to other buildings until Mayor George H. Thomas appointed a committee in 1914 to contact the Carnegie Foundation. Citizens pledged $3,175.25 and Carnegie gave $6,000 after approving blueprints and the site. Constructed in 1915, the library was formally opened in February 1916. As of December 2010 the library was one of only 26 of Nebraska's 69 Carnegie libraries remaining as a library.

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309 N Clay Ave, Harvard

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“Harvard's 1915 Carnegie Library,” Explore Nebraska History, accessed October 10, 2024, https://mynehistory.com/items/show/82.

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