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LOCATION AND PROPERTY NAME
address:
2020 Auburn St
historic name:
Baker Carnegie Library
Baker City, Baker County
current/other names:
Crossroads Art Center
assoc addresses:
block/lot/tax lot:
location descr:
twnshp/rng/sect/qtr sect:
9S 40E 20
PROPERTY CHARACTERISTICS
resource type:
Building
height (stories):
1.0
total elig resources:
1
total inelig resources:
0
elig evaluation:
eligible/contributing
NR Status:
Listed in Historic District
prim constr date:
1909
second date:
date indiv listed:
primary orig use:
Library
orig use comments:
second orig use:
primary style:
Late 19th/20th Period Revivals: Other
prim style comments:
secondary style:
sec style comments:
primary siding:
Volcanic Stone
siding comments:
secondary siding:
plan type:
Central Block with Wings
architect:
builder:
comments/notes:
Excellent example of a Carnegie library that retains architectural integrity.
GROUPINGS / ASSOCIATIONS
Survey/Grouping Included In:
Type of Grouping
Date Listed
Date Compiled
Baker City RLS 2011
Survey & Inventory Project
2011
Baker Historic District
Listed Historic District
12/14/1978
SHPO INFORMATION FOR THIS PROPERTY
NR date listed:
N/A
ILS survey date:
RLS survey date:
08/19/2011
106 Project(s)
SHPO Case
Date
Agency Effect Eval
10-1155
05/05/2010
no adverse effect
Special Assess Project(s):
None
Federal Tax Project(s):
None
ARCHITECTURAL / PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
(Includes expanded description of the building/property, setting, significant landscape features, outbuildings and alterations)
Refer to scanned documents links.
HISTORY
(Chronological, descriptive history of the property from its construction through at least the historic period - preferably to the present)
Restoration of building received an Oregon Heritage Excellence Award in 2008.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
Title Records
Census Records
Property Tax Records
Local Histories
Sanborn Maps
Biographical Sources
SHPO Files
Interviews
Obituaries
Newspapers
State Archives
Historic Photographs
City Directories
Building Permits
State Library
Local Library:
University Library:
Historical Society:
Other Respository:
Bibliography:
