Carnegie Library
(1914)331 Hubbard Street
In 1913 Allegan's business and civic leaders obtained a $10,000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation for a new library to serve the city's rapidly growing population. Completed in 1914, the Craftsman style building was designed by Chicago architect Grant Miller and contains oak bookshelves built by the Baker Furniture Company to match the library's oak woodwork. In 1975 a large rear addition was built to house the library's main reading rooms. The historic building contains meeting rooms on the main floor and a children's room in the basement. Today the library serves approximately fifteen thousand people in the city of Allegan and five nearby townships.
[Area 2, Site #60]
 
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