Riverview Branch Library Explained

Riverview Branch Library
Coordinates:44.9299°N -93.0847°W
Location:1 East George Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Area:Less than one acre
Built:1916
Builder:Cameron and Company
Architect:Charles A. Hausler
Architecture:Beaux-Arts
Refnum:84001672
Added:February 10, 1984

Riverview Branch Library is a branch of the Saint Paul Public Library serving the West Side neighborhood of Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is a Carnegie library built in 1916. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 for having local significance in the themes of architecture and education.[1] It was nominated for being one of only three Carnegie libraries built in Saint Paul, one of the first projects of Saint Paul city architect Charles A. Hausler, one of the last American libraries built with Carnegie Foundation funding, and for being an important neighborhood landmark in Beaux-Arts style.[2] Many immigrants to Saint Paul lived on the West Side and the library was designed to serve those residents.[3] Architecture critic Larry Millett noted the large amount of natural light and described it as one of the "West Side's finest buildings".[4]

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  1. Web site: St. Paul Carnegie Libraries: Riverview Branch Library . Minnesota National Register Properties Database . Minnesota Historical Society . 2009 . 2018-04-05.
  2. Carstens . Greg . Mathew Michaud . Patricia Murphy . [{{NRHP url|id=64000344}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Carnegie Libraries of St Paul TR ]. National Park Service . 1981-11-12 . 2018-04-04.
  3. News: Lindeke . Bill . St. Paul’s century-old Carnegie libraries head their separate ways . 5 May 2024 . MinnPost . 28 October 2016.
  4. Book: Millett . Larry . AIA guide to the Twin Cities: the essential source on the architecture of Minneapolis and St. Paul . 2007 . Minnesota Historical Society Press . St. Paul . 9780873515405 . 410-411.