Valley City Barnes County Public Library

Valley City Carnegie Library
Valley City Carnegie Library in 2009
Valley City Barnes County Public Library is located in North Dakota
Valley City Barnes County Public Library
Location within North Dakota
Valley City Barnes County Public Library is located in the United States
Valley City Barnes County Public Library
Location within the United States
Location410 N. Central Ave.,
Valley City, North Dakota
Coordinates46°55′35″N 98°0′11″W / 46.92639°N 98.00306°W / 46.92639; -98.00306
Arealess than one acre
Built1903
ArchitectWilliam C. Albrant
Architectural styleClassical Revival, Jeffersonian Revival
NRHP reference No.79003724[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 18, 1979

The Valley City Barnes County Public Library, also known as Valley City Public Library or the Valley City Carnegie Library, in Valley City, North Dakota, United States, is a Carnegie library that was built in 1903.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979[1] and still contains an original Tiffany window.[2]

It was deemed significant as one of three libraries designed by Fargo architect William C. Albrant and one of only three relatively unaltered Carnegie libraries surviving in North Dakota.[3]

Valley City Carnegie Library, c. 1909

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Fine, Gabriel (November 21, 2025). "In a Snowy North Dakota Town, Bake Sales and Raffles Provide a Restored Dome for a Carnegie Library". Carnegie Corporation of New York. Retrieved February 14, 2026.
  3. ↑ Jacqueline Sluss and Kurt Schweigert (August 22, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Valley City Carnegie Library / Valley City Public Library". National Park Service. and accompanying three photos from 1978
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