Carnegie Library, Fort Dodge, Iowa, 1907

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Public Library, Fort Dodge, Iowa, 1905

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New use for an old library...

From old to new

First tenant moves into a FD landmark:

Tenants in the new Carnegie Apartments will feel right at home curling up in an easy chair with a good book. That's because their easy chairs will be in the old Fort Dodge Public Library, a 1906 concrete building under renovation in downtown Fort Dodge.

The Carnegie Apartments building is an architectural landmark in downtown Fort Dodge, built with money from Scottish-American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. [Read the rest of the story in The Messenger /www.messengernews.net] See this post for more info.

1911 Public Library, Fort Dodge, Iowa

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