Colton Carnegie Library

Carnegie Public Library Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
File:Colton Area Museum.jpg
Location	380 N. La Cadena Dr., Colton, California
Coordinates
Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built	1908 (1908)
Built by	Kaiser & Loomis
Architect	Burnham, Franklin P.
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	88000894
Added to NRHP	June 23, 1988

The Colton Carnegie Library is a Carnegie library located at 380 North La Cadena Drive in Colton, California. The library was built in 1908 through a $10,000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation. Architect Franklin P. Burnham designed the Neoclassical building, the only example of the style in Colton. The building features an entrance portico supported by Ionic columns, a frieze and ornamented pediment above the entrance, and pilasters at the corners. In addition to housing the city's collection of over 1,000 books, the library hosted community meetings and social groups and even served as a church. The library moved to a larger building in 1982, and the building now houses the Colton Area Museum.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 3, 1988.

External links

• Colton Area Museum website