Carnegie Library of Paso Robles

The building went up between 1907 and 1908 on a $10,000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation. Architect William H. Weeks designed it in the Classical Revival style — projecting front entrance, ornamented pediment carried on two columns and two wide brick pilasters, decorative cornice, ornamental frieze. The Works Progress Administration expanded the back in 1939. The library operated until 1995, when the city's historical society purchased it. The National Register of Historic Places added it on January 26, 1998. It sits in Paso Robles City Park.