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SIRLES-185 Front
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- c. 1905 (Creation)
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- In 1903, after receiving a $12,500 grant from Andrew Carnegie, the city contracted with Alan D. Conover as the building’s architect. The Antigo construction company of Dallman and Peterson was chosen to build the library in 1904. Allan D. Conover was one of Wisconsin’s most prominent architects and engineers, and professor at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Conover designed the library in the Georgian Revival and Colonial Revival styles popular in the final decades of the 19th and the early 20th century. The building was completed in 1905 and opened its doors to the public on November 8 1905.
- Printed on front: Carnegie LIbrary, Antigo, Wis.-18