Modern Federal · Libraries

The most unusual public library in Stillwater, Minnesota. It's one of the famous "Carnegie Libraries" constructed in 1902 in this case, using funds provided by industrialist Andrew Carnegie. An addition was built in 1975. What's unusual is that neither is at street level. One reaches the library and this courtyard through a libary-looking facade, containing an elevator leading up to what you see

Minnesota · 1850–1939

The most unusual public library in Stillwater, Minnesota. It's one of the famous "Carnegie Libraries" constructed in 1902 in this case, using funds provided by industrialist Andrew Carnegie. An addition was built in 1975. What's unusual is that neither is at street level. One reaches the library and this courtyard through a libary-looking facade, containing an elevator leading up to what you see, Minnesota, 1850–1939
The most unusual public library in Stillwater, Minnesota. It's one of the famous "Carnegie Libraries" constructed in 1902 in this case, using funds provided by industrialist Andrew Carnegie. An addition was built in 1975. What's unusual is that neither is at street level. One reaches the library and this courtyard through a libary-looking facade, containing an elevator leading up to what you see, Minnesota, 1850–1939. Libraries — Modern Federal Architecture, from the Library of Congress record.

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