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 Las Vegas’ library is the only functioning Carnegie library remaining in New Mexico. Raton’s fell under the wrecking ball in 1969, and Roswell’s was converted to office space.
Patterned on Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello home, the general outline of Las Vegas, New Mexico's Carnegie Library is familiar to anyone who’s looked on the backside of a US nickel.
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industrialist Andrew Carnegie, who in his day was one of the world’s wealthiest men. Carnegie’s net worth was at one time nearly $500 million, but he spent almost all of it in his later years on philanth- ropic causes, most notably his libraries. By the time of his death, only $30 remained of his personal
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Renovation of this architectural gem is ongoing.
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by Lee Einer
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