Browns Valley Carnegie Library Explained

Browns Valley Carnegie Public Library
Coordinates:	45.595°N -96.8308°W
Location:	Broadway Avenue & 2nd Street, Browns Valley, Minnesota
Area:	Less than one acre
Built:	1915–16
Builder:	McClure Construction Company
Architecture:	Neoclassical
Refnum:	85001762
Designated Nrhp Type:	August 15, 1985

The Browns Valley Carnegie Library is a Carnegie library building in Browns Valley, Minnesota, United States, completed in 1916. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 as the Browns Valley Carnegie Public Library for having local significance in the themes of architecture and education.^[1] It was nominated for being the town's most architecturally significant early-20th-century building and an example of the libraries provided to small Minnesota communities by Andrew Carnegie's philanthropy.^[2]

The Browns Valley Public Library operated out of the building until 1997, when it moved to a new facility. Since then the Browns Valley Historical Society has used it for storage.^[3]

See also

• List of Carnegie libraries in Minnesota
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Traverse County, Minnesota

Notes and References

1. Web site: Browns Valley Carnegie Public Library . https://archive.today/20130629191704/http://nrhp.mnhs.org/NRDetails.cfm?NPSNum=85001762 . dead . 2013-06-29 . Minnesota National Register Properties Database . Minnesota Historical Society . 2009 . 2015-06-19 .
2. Granger . Susan . [{{NRHP url|id=85001762}} National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Browns Valley Carnegie Public Library ]. National Park Service . December 1984 . 2016-07-31.
3. Web site: Browns Valley Carnegie Public Library, Broadway Avenue and 2nd Street, Browns Valley, Minnesota . Placeography . Minnesota Historical Society . 2011-04-09 . 2016-07-31.