Glenwood Public Library (Glenwood, Minnesota)

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Glenwood Public Library
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Glenwood Public Library's north façade
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Location108 First Avenue
Glenwood, Minnesota
Coordinates 45°38′56.8″N95°23′17.2″W / 45.649111°N 95.388111°W / 45.649111; -95.388111
AreaLess than one acre
Built1908
Built byJ.H. Olson
ArchitectA.S. Foss
Architectural style Neoclassical
MPS Pope County MRA
NRHP reference No. 82002996 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 1, 1982

Glenwood Public Library is the public library serving the city and surrounding area of Glenwood, Minnesota, United States. The original wing of the building was constructed in 1908 as a Carnegie library and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 for its local significance in architecture and education. [2] It was nominated to the National Register for being one of Pope County's most architecturally distinctive buildings and its only representative of the Carnegie library phenomenon. [3]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. "Glenwood Public Library". Minnesota National Register Properties Database. Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  3. Gimmestad, Dennis A. (September 1980). "Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: Glenwood Public Library". National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2023-08-22. Retrieved 2015-05-31.