The Entre Nous Club organized Eureka’s first library in 1899 and maintained a permanent location in the Crebo Building from 1901 until 1914. The club was influential in getting the City of Eureka to apply for a Carnegie Corporation grant. In 1913 the Carnegie Corporation awarded the city a $9,000 grant for the construction of the library building.
George P. Washburn, Co. of Ottawa, Kansas designed the library, producing a typical, restrained Neo- Classical, three-bay, one story building with a projecting central pedimented entry pavilion entry and a raised foundation found in most Kansas Carnegie Libraries. A local builder, George E, Teegardin was awarded the construction on the building.
In 1914, the Carnegie Library opened for the reading enthusiastic crowd with assistance from the Carnegie Foundation at a cost of $20,000. The Entre Nous Club donated their collection of 25,000 volumes and presented the library with a grandfather clock at the opening. Miss Clover Mahan was the first librarian.
In 2006, the City sold the building and built a new library located at 606 N. Main. The current owner is Daystar Petroleum.
