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The lot that he gave to the library was located on Laurel Ave. one block south of Central Street, and just east of St. Johns Ave. [1] By 1927 it was evident to the Board that the Carnegie library was inadequate and that only an entirely new library would do. The population of Highland Park, just 4,209 in 1910, had grown to approximately 10,000.
Expansion of the Saint Paul Public Library continued in 1930, when the Hamline and Merriam Park libraries opened. Both branches were made possible by a bequest from the estate of Henry Hale. In the 1970s the Carnegie library began to sink so In 1993, after the demolition of the old building, a new 14,500 square foot Merriam Park library opened ...
On July 31, 2021, the new Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library opened across the street at 3541 Park Avenue. The original Carnegie library site currently serves as the Library's parking lot and Pollinator Garden. The concrete "Public Library" sign from the Carnegie library has been installed in the garden. 9: Carmi Carmi: Jan 14, 1914: $10,000
A grand reopening celebration of the library at 31 North 5th Ave., which was built in 1959 and last renovated in 1994, is scheduled for Nov. 10, Highland Park Public Library set to reopen after $1 ...
A meeting of the St. Paul Library Board turned unusually contentious and emotional on Wednesday around the fate of the Hamline-Midway branch library, which is poised for a complete $8.1 million ...
With an outdated ventilation system, crumbling brick and stone and other signs of age, the Hamline Midway branch library in St. Paul needs a major renovation, or a total reconstruction.But as ...
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 ...
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