LANDMARK
STORY BY MADELINE HAPPOLD
Wenatchee World file photo
The Carnegie Building served as home of the North Central Washington Museum from 1939 to 1976.
Wenatchee’s
Carnegie Building 8
Foothills
April 2021
T
he brick building at the northeast corner of Memorial Park is tiny. So tiny, that five years after it opened as the city’s first library in 1912, it had already become cramped and impractical. The Carnegie Building now faces the city’s larger, newer library and is home to the Washington State Apple Blossom Festival headquarters. During the annual festival, the food court and entertainment stage are situated
