{"nrhp_refnum":"90001816","name":"Colusa Carnegie Library","other_names":["Carnegie Library Building","City of Colusa Police Department"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"260 Sixth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Colusa","county":"Colusa County","state":"CA","lat":39.21367147500007,"lon":-122.01004566799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-12-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Classical Revival former Carnegie library at 260 Sixth Street in Colusa, California, built in 1905-1906 of dark gray Sites sandstone and brick, designed by San Francisco architects Stone & Smith.","why_significant":"It is the only Carnegie library in Colusa County and one of thirteen built in the Sacramento Valley between 1903 and 1917. It shows Classical Revival themes in a distinctive structure faced with locally quarried stone. It also reflects community effort, notably fundraising by the Colusa Woman's Club, and the community's later choice to keep the building in civic use.","narrative":"Colusa's former Carnegie library, at 260 Sixth Street, is a tall Classical Revival building of one story over a raised basement, faced with dark gray Sites sandstone quarried northwest of town. A metal pediment and entablature rest on pilasters, a carved Union Jack motif decorates the parapet, and stone lintels bear the names of famous authors. San Francisco architects Stone & Smith designed it after Colusa received a $10,000 Carnegie grant in 1905. The Colusa Woman's Club led fundraising to cover the total cost of $13,158. The library opened on October 6, 1906, and served the public until 1964, when city and county libraries merged. City offices then occupied it, and the police department has used it since 1977, after residents voted against selling the building. It was designated a local landmark in 1981. It is significant for its role in the community's library history and as a distinctive example of Classical Revival design.","period_of_significance":"1905-1921","architect_builder":"Stone, Louis S.; Smith, Henry C.","architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Used as the Colusa Police Department since 1977; alterations since construction are described as not detracting from its integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.668078-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/90001816.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001816/1cb5bc0374-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001816/1cb5bc0374-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Ammodramus","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colusa,_California_police_department_from_SE_2.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Ammodramus</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colusa,_California_police_department_from_SE_2.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123857366","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colusa_Carnegie_Library","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14681775"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/colusa-county/colusa-carnegie-library-90001816/"}