Klamath Falls City Library

Klamath Falls City Library. Built in 1926. , This building was erected in 1926 by the City of Klamath Falls. It replaced an earlier library, endowed by the Carnegie Foundation, built in 1913. Unfortunately the Carnegie Library was located too far from the center of the Klamath Falls population and was not used often enough. In 1969, the Klamath Falls City Library merged with the Klamath County Library, ending the Library occupancy of this building. The Klamath Civic Theater occupied the basement of the building throughout the 1970s. In the summer of 1980, the City of Klamath Falls opened the building doors to accommodate staff offices and public meeting areas., Architectural Background , The Klamath Falls Library building is in the Colonial Revival Style which was established at the 1876 World Fair in Pennsylvania. Colonial Revival architecture was intended to reawaken Americans to their colonial past. A typical building using this architecture has a symmetrical front facade with an accented doorway and evenly spaced windows on both sides of the entrance. The entry is flanked by pilasters with a stone railing at the roof level. This building has a full basement, a concrete foundation, and twelve-beside-twelve casement type windows.