Medford Carnegie Library, Historic library in Medford, Oregon.

The Medford Carnegie Library is a two-story, 16,000-square-foot building completed in 1912 as a Carnegie gift. It has a rectangular plan with a basement, and its 2009 refurbishment added seismic upgrades, insulation, new windows and ceilings to about an eighth of the structure.

This building was constructed in 1911 through funding from the Carnegie Corporation, which supported library projects across the United States. The project was part of a broader effort to establish public reading facilities in American communities.

The building was a gift from Andrew Carnegie and opened in 1912 as Medford's Carnegie library. Its former children's book section was later refurbished as temporary city office space in 2009, a detail that shows how the town reused the rooms after library services moved out in 2004.

The building is not open as a library; it has served as city office space since 2004, so check current municipal use before visiting. Renovation work has included seismic upgrades, new windows and ceilings, and an overhauled heating and cooling system, funded partly by Oregon Department of Energy grants and federal stimulus money.

The building was completed in 1912, a year after construction began, as a gift from Andrew Carnegie. It was vacated in 2004 when library services moved to a new downtown Medford building, and about $210,000 was later spent refurbishing roughly an eighth of its 16,000 square feet for temporary city offices.