Carrie Adell Strahorn Memorial Library

United States historic place
Strahorn, Carrie Adell, Memorial Library
Strahorn Hall in 2018
43°39′11″N 116°40′34″W / 43.65306°N 116.67611°W / 43.65306; -116.67611 (Strahorn, Carrie Adell, Memorial Library)
Arealess than one acre
Built1925 (1925)
ArchitectWayland & Fennell; McNeel, J.H.
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No.82002510[1]
Added to NRHPApril 15, 1982

Carrie Adell Strahorn Memorial Library at the College of Idaho in Caldwell, Idaho, was designed by Boise architects Wayland and Fennell as a 1-story, Neoclassical structure. The building opened in 1926 and served the college as a library until 1967 and the opening of Terteling Library. In 1968 the building was renamed Strahorn Hall, and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[2]

History

The city of Caldwell was platted in 1883 by Robert E. Strahorn, and in 1891 the College of Idaho enrolled its first class of 19 students at a location near Strahorn's home in what is now the North Caldwell Historic District.[3][4] The college moved to its present campus in 1910.[5]

In 1925 Strahorn donated money for construction of the Carrie Adell Strahorn Memorial Library, named in memory of his wife.[2] At the time, the college employed 25 faculty with an enrollment of 500 students.[6][7] By 1932 the library included more than 10,000 books,[8] and in 1942 the count was 22,000 books.[9]

The library was expanded in 1962, and when a new library opened in 1967 Strahorn was remodeled, reopening in 1968 with offices and classrooms under the name Strahorn Hall.[10]

Reflecting on the building, a librarian wrote in 1961, "On the day it first opened its doors in 1926 Strahorn Library was already a badly outdated building whose construction violated every theory of library architecture."[2]

See also

  • Blatchley Hall
  • Sterry Hall

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Strahorn, Carrie Adell, Memorial Library". National Park Service. Retrieved December 29, 2018. With accompanying pictures
  3. ^ "R.E. Strahorn Succumbs in California". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. April 2, 1944. p. 8.
  4. ^ "Robert Strahorn Realizes another Ambition-He's 90". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. May 24, 1942. p. 18.
  5. ^ "College of Idaho to Mark Boone Birth Anniversary". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. November 5, 1960. p. 11.
  6. ^ "Gain Expected in C. of I. Classes". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. August 23, 1925. p. 6.
  7. ^ "College of Idaho Makes Plans for Big Enrollment". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. July 26, 1926. p. 4.
  8. ^ "Strahorn Library Gets 700 New Books". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. August 31, 1932. p. 2.
  9. ^ "22,000 Volumes in Strahorn Library". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. June 3, 1942. p. 10.
  10. ^ "Construction Noise Signals Expansion of C. of I.". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. June 23, 1968. p. 11F.
  • Media related to Strahorn Hall at Wikimedia Commons
  • Carrie Adell Strahorn, Fifteen Thousand Miles by Stage (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1915)
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