{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Spokane Public Library | nrhp_type = | image = Spokane Public Library.JPG | caption = The building in 2007 | location= 10 South Cedar, Spokane, Washington | coordinates = {{coord|47|39|24.3|N|117|25|59|W|region:US_type:landmark|name=Spokane Public Library|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = United States Spokane | built = {{Start date|1905}} | architect = Herman Preusse & Julius Zittel | added = August 3, 1982 | area = less than one acre | mpsub = [https://npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/64000892.pdf Carnegie Libraries of Washington TR] | refnum = 82004910<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2013a}}</ref> }} The '''Spokane Public Library''' is a historic building in Spokane, Washington. It was designed by architects Herman Preusse and Julius Zittel, and built in 1905.<ref name="nrhpdoc">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=82004910}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Spokane Public Library |publisher=National Park Service|author=J.H. Vandermeer |date=August 1981 |accessdate=December 29, 2019}} With {{NRHP url|id=82004910|photos=y|title=accompanying pictures}}</ref> Its construction cost $100,000, with $85,000 coming from Andrew Carnegie.<ref name="nrhpdoc"/> It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) since August 3, 1982.<ref name="nris"/> The library is one of four historic structures at the intersection of First and Cedar. To the south across First is the Grand Coulee building.<ref name="NPSUpton">{{cite web |title=National Register Digital Assets - 94000798 |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/94000798 |website=nps.gov |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=16 July 2022}}</ref> To the southeast across Cedar and First is the Eldridge Building.<ref name="NPSEldridge">{{cite web |title=National Register Digital Assets - 92001588 |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/92001588 |website=nps.gov |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=16 July 2022}}</ref> All three are listed on the NRHP. Additionally, the Buena Vista Apartments across Cedar are listed as a secondary contributing property to the Riverside Avenue Historic District, to which the Carnegie Library building is listed as a primary contributing property.<ref name="RAHD">{{cite web |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form |url=https://properties.historicspokane.org/_pdf/districts/national/district-national-31.pdf |website=historicspokane.org |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=28 July 2022}}</ref>
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