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The Minneapolis Public Library was founded in 1885 and its first task was to build a main library. The first central library of the "Minneapolis Public Library" (also known as the main library) was built in 1889 along Tenth Street and Hennepin Avenue about six blocks south of the current building. [3] The library contained an art gallery ...
In the early 20th century, Gratia Countryman, Director of the Minneapolis Public Library, tracked patron metrics of branch libraries and determined that the New Boston Branch, which had opened in January 1907, was busy enough to warrant moving from a rented space at Central Ave. and 24th Ave. NE into a purpose-built library. The Central Avenue ...
Minneapolis Public Library's first building was the Main Library, opened in 1889. Minneapolis Public Library later added community library branches to supplement the main library. The first branch was North Branch, established in 1890, more branches in south and east Minneapolis followed, and the system grew with the city. [4] Hennepin County ...
The first library in the neighborhood was housed at Sheridan Junior High School; later, the library moved to the field house at Logan Park where it went by the name Logan Park Library. [3] Pierre Bottineau's next incarnation was housed in a 2,044-square-foot (189.9 m 2 ) rented space at 1224 Northeast 2nd Street where it resided beginning in 1957.
Built 1914, still houses public library. 37: Minneapolis Hosmer: Minneapolis: Apr 3, 1912 — 347 36th St E: Built 1916, still houses public library. 38: Minneapolis Sumner: Minneapolis: Apr 3, 1912 — 611 VanWhite Memorial Blvd
AIA Guide to the Twin Cities: The Essential Source on the Architecture of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Saint Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press. ISBN 978-0-87351-540-5. Wezeman, Frederick (1956). The Public Libraries of Minneapolis and Hennepin County: Survey of Factors Affecting their Future Relations. Minneapolis, MN: University of ...
The atrium of the Central Library Interior of Central Library in 2006 Periodical stacks at the Central Library. The predecessor of Minneapolis's public library was a private library called the Minneapolis Athenæum. It was organized by Minneapolis businessmen in 1859 as a subscription library, [4] and its shares were traded on the local stock ...
Hosmer Library, originally known as the Thirty-Sixth Street Branch Library, is a branch library of the Hennepin County Library system serving the Central neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. It was named the Hosmer Library in honor of James Kendall Hosmer and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. [2]