{"nrhp_refnum":"09000199","name":"Carnegie Library","other_names":["Carnegie Museum"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"557 Lincoln St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Roseville","county":"Placer County","state":"CA","lat":38.755555333000075,"lon":-121.28655554,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-04-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story Classical Revival library building with a raised basement at the corner of Lincoln and Pleasant Streets in downtown Roseville, Placer County, California. It was designed by William Henry Weeks and opened in 1912 with Carnegie grant funds.","why_significant":"The building is significant for its role in Roseville's educational and cultural development, listed under Criterion A. It was the town's first library, built as a social alternative in a rough railroad town, and served as the only library until 1955 and the main branch until 1979. It was restored and reopened as the Carnegie Museum in 1988.","narrative":"Built in 1912 at the corner of Lincoln and Pleasant Streets, this one-story brick library with a raised basement was Roseville's first public library. Architect William Henry Weeks designed it in the Classical Revival style, with a full-height porch, Corinthian columns, and a terra cotta tile roof. Contractors Wilson & Peterson used local brick, Rocklin granite, lumber, and tiles from Lincoln. A $10,000 Carnegie grant, matched by $2,000 from the city, paid for it, and a local businessman donated the lot. After the Southern Pacific Railroad made Roseville a rail center, the town had a reputation for saloons and gambling, and civic leaders organized the library as an alternative. It served as the only library until 1955 and the main branch until 1979, and closed as a library in 1982. Volunteers and the Roseville Historical Society raised funds for a restoration, and the building reopened in 1988 as the Carnegie Museum, with a preschool in the basement.","period_of_significance":"1912-1979","architect_builder":"Weeks, William Henry (architect); Wilson & Peterson (contractors)","architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Restored 1986-1988 and reopened as the Carnegie Museum; the basement is used as a preschool and a genealogy research and meeting room.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.626096-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/09000199.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000199/39bc40184e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000199/39bc40184e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"T71024","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carnegie_Library_(Roseville,_California),_facade,_oblique_view.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">T71024</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carnegie_Library_(Roseville,_California),_facade,_oblique_view.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860382","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q125467268"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/placer-county/carnegie-library-09000199/"}