Exeter Public Library

The Exeter Public Library is a Carnegie library located at 309 S. E St. in Exeter, California. The library was built in 1916 with a $5000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation; it was one of six Carnegie libraries built in Tulare County. Exeter's library program had been started in 1910 by the city Women's Club but lacked its own building prior to the construction of the Carnegie Library. The library was designed in the Mission Revival style by A. Merrill Bowser, whose plans were selected from three designs submitted to James Bertram. The design includes a low hip roof, a gabled parapet, and a wide entrance with panels of glass to the sides of the door. A Union Jack motif is used in the windows and the transom above the front door. The building served as the city's library until 1976, when it became a community center. It is one of two surviving Carnegie libraries in Tulare County, the other being the Orosi Branch Library.[2]

Exeter Public Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	309 S. E St., Exeter, California
Coordinates	36°17′36″N 119°8′17″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1916 (1916)
Architect	Merrill A. Bowser
Architectural style	Mission Revival
MPS	California Carnegie Libraries MPS
NRHP reference No.	90001811[1]
Added to NRHP	December 10, 1990

The Exeter Public Library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 10, 1990.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Kortum, Lucy (November 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Exeter Public Library". National Park Service. Retrieved April 13, 2013.

External links

• Photos from the National Register nomination