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Bedford Public Library

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Location

Current street address:

507 Jefferson St. Bedford, IA 50833

Carnegie address:

507 Jefferson St. Bedford, IA 50833

(712) 523-2828

Building Information

Library already established?:

Amount of grant:

$10,000

Date of grant:

Apr 8, 1907

Date of dedication:

Jan 25, 1916

Dedication source:

Iowa Library Quarterly (Vol. 8, Number 1: January-February-March 1917)

Date of opening:

Jan 26, 1916

Opening source:

Iowa Library Quarterly (Vol. 8, Number 1: January-February-March 1917)

Architect Source:

Van Slyck, Abigail Ayres. Free to All: Carnegie Libraries & American Culture, 1890-1920. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995.

Original building still standing?:

Yes

Still in use as library?:

Yes

City:

Bedford

Population in 1900:

1,996

Population in 2000:

1,620

Source: Census of Iowa, 1905, p. 335