{"nrhp_refnum":"92001753","name":"Turlock Carnegie Library","other_names":["Carnegie Center for the Arts and Crafts"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"250 N. Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Turlock","county":"Stanislaus County","state":"CA","lat":37.49515699600005,"lon":-120.85010118699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-01-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story Carnegie library over a raised basement at 250 N. Broadway in Turlock, Stanislaus County, California, built of brick in Classical Revival style and opened August 31, 1916. It is owned by the City of Turlock.","why_significant":"It was the first and most expensive of five Carnegie libraries built in Stanislaus County and Turlock's first permanent library, serving as the town's only library from 1916 to 1968. It is significant for its architecture, notably its brick craftsmanship and Spanish-influenced Classical Revival design, and for social history through the role of Carnegie philanthropy and the women's clubs that secured the funding.","narrative":"Turlock's Carnegie library is a one-story brick building on a raised basement, set on a tree-shaded lot at 250 N. Broadway at the edge of a neighborhood of Craftsman bungalows. Designed by Hugh Y. Davis of Bowen and Davis in Fresno, it opened on August 31, 1916. The Classical Revival design carries Spanish influences, with a low pyramid roof, carved eave brackets, a tall round-arched entrance, and triplet windows under semicircular transoms framed in radiating brick. The library grew from a reading room opened in 1907 by the Women's Improvement Club as an alternative to saloons. Women's groups later petitioned for Carnegie funding, secured a $10,000 grant in 1915, and donated the lot. It was the first and most expensive of five Carnegie libraries in Stanislaus County and the town's only library until 1968. It later became an arts and crafts center. Its brickwork and its link to philanthropy support its listing.","period_of_significance":"1916-1942","architect_builder":"Davis, H.Y., Architect; McGregor and Knapp, Builder","architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Now used as an arts and crafts center/museum (Carnegie Center for the Arts and Crafts); the building's integrity is described as preserved and its interior well maintained.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:26.910365-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/92001753.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001753/eee71181e1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001753/eee71181e1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Saeidb","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Turlock_Carnegie_Library2.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Saeidb</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:Turlock_Carnegie_Library2.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123857846","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133568797"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/stanislaus-county/turlock-carnegie-library-92001753/"}