National and State Register

Carnegie Public Library (Trinidad)

Las Animas County

The building is one of 36 Carnegie libraries constructed in Colorado.  Kansas architect John G. Haskell’s Neo-Classical design includes symmetrically balanced windows and a dominant central porch entry.  

A photo of the library from a slight angle with pediment and stepped entrance. On either side are arched windows and on top is a hipped roof.

Carnegie Public Library (1997 photograph.)

His use of round-arched window openings with decorative moldings is a distinctive variation on the style.