{"nrhp_refnum":"95001404","name":"Kingston City Library","other_names":["Carnegie Library"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"399 Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kingston","county":"Ulster County","state":"NY","lat":41.92622977000008,"lon":-73.99594151499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-12-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half story Neo-Classical brick Carnegie library at 399 Broadway in Kingston, Ulster County, New York, built in 1903/4 and designed by Raymond F. Almirall of New York City.","why_significant":"It is a distinctive example of an early twentieth century Carnegie library and an outstanding local example of Neo-classical civic architecture. It reflects the Progressive Era belief in education and stands as a visual landmark in midtown Kingston.","narrative":"Built in 1903/4 at 399 Broadway in Kingston, this brick library was funded by a $30,000 gift from Andrew Carnegie. Raymond F. Almirall of New York City designed it in the Neo-Classical style, using polished brown Norman brick on a bluestone foundation with limestone trim. A pedimented limestone portal with two Ionic columns marks the entry, and its frieze carries floral and book motifs. The Church Construction Company built it, with trustees requiring local labor. Samuel D. Coykendall offered the Broadway lot. The library opened on February 12, 1904, and served the city until 1974, when it passed to the Kingston school district and joined the high school campus. Partitions, sheetrock and replaced front doors altered the interior, and the building now houses custodial staff offices. It is valued as a local example of Carnegie philanthropy, Progressive Era educational reform and Neo-Classical civic design, and as one of Kingston's most visible architectural resources.","period_of_significance":"1904","architect_builder":"Raymond F. Almirall (architect); Church Construction Company (builder)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals / Neo-Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Now used as headquarters for the Kingston High School custodial staff; the interior was altered during an unsuccessful classroom conversion, later abandoned in the 1980s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.889739-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/95001404.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95001404/007f5b3010-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95001404/007f5b3010-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kingston_City_Library,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</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:Kingston_City_Library,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322646","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston_City_Library","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6413497"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ulster-county/kingston-city-library-95001404/"}