Fairbury Public Library

601 7th Street
Fairbury, Nebraska
Phone: (402) 729-2843
Fax: (402) 729-2880
Library Website

According to Wikipedia, a Carnegie library is a library built with money donated by
Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. More than 2,500 Carnegie libraries were built, including some belonging to public and university library systems. Of the 2,509 such libraries funded between 1883 and 1929, 1,689 were built in the United States. Very few towns that requested a grant and agreed to his terms were refused. When the last grant was made in 1919, there were 3,500 libraries in the United States, nearly half of them built with construction grants paid by Carnegie.

Nearly all of Carnegie's libraries were built according to "The Carnegie Formula", which required matching contributions from the town that received the donation. It must:

The Fairbury Public Library, a Carnegie Library, was constructed in 1907 – 1909 in the Neo-Classical Revival style. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

2011-2010 Library Story Times
For all children 3 years old and older
Story times are on Saturday mornings from 10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.

September 24 - Lessons Learned
October 8 - Bears
October 22 - Halloween
November 5 - Tales
November 19 - Thanksgiving
December 3 - Christmas
January 7 - Snow Time
January 21 - Elephants
February 4 - Friends
February 18 - Silly
March 3 - Mother Goose
March 17 - Animals
March 31 - Rabbits
April 14 - Bugs
April 28 - Night Time
May 1 - Sign Up For The Summer Reading Program!