Beatrice City Library Explained

Beatrice City Library
Coordinates:40.2678°N -96.7481°W
Built:1902-03
Architecture:Beaux Arts
Added:July 12, 1976
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:76001131

The Beatrice City Library, at 220 N. 5th St. in Beatrice, Nebraska, was built in 1902-03 and was opened on January 1, 1904. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Designed by architect George A. Berlinghof, who was then based in Beatrice, it is Beaux Arts in style.[1]

The library's creation was the culmination of effort by the Beatrice Literary Club, founded in 1890, which built upon efforts by the local Woman's Christian Temperance Union group which established a circulating library.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=76001131}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Beatrice City Library ]. National Park Service. D. Murphy . February 26, 1976 . November 16, 2018. With