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Facts:
Restoration and
New Addition to Historic Library
Expanded to 16,700
square foot library
Construction Cost:
$1,524,000
Owner:
City of Hoquiam
Timberland Regional Library
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Hoquiam Timberland Library:
This 1911 original
Carnegie Library was built in the prairie style, a style that is rare in
the Northwest. An 11,000 square foot addition was added to the
original 6,000 square foot building. The functional requirements
of the project were to locate the books above the 100 flood
level as well as providing new reading and gathering spaces. To
complement and enhance the existing building architecture,
extended eaves, plaster frieze-work, and brick, typical of the
prairie style, were utilized in the new addition. The integrity
of the existing building was maintained by placing the new
entrance to the building outside of the historic structure.
The design was provided by the original firm name
of Tonkin Koch Architects.
© 2009 Tonkin/Hoyne
Architecture & Urban Design
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