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Sparta Public Library
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Exterior view from road of the Sparta Public Library. Reverse of the cardboard backing reads: "Carnegie bldg., 1903, cost $12,000. Architects, Schick & Roth, La Crosse." Above the main entrance of the brick and stone building it reads: "Sparta Free Library." There is an arched porch with columns at the entrance.
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