Owatonna Public Library

Owatonna Free Public Library
Location 105 N. Elm St., Owatonna, Minnesota
Coordinates 44°5′8″N 93°13′22″W / 44.08556°N 93.22278°W / 44.08556; -93.22278Coordinates: 44°5′8″N 93°13′22″W / 44.08556°N 93.22278°W / 44.08556; -93.22278
Built 1899-1900
Built by Hammel & Anderson
Architect Gutterson, Frank A.
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP Reference # 76001075[1]
Added to NRHP June 7, 1976
Owatonna Public Library
Location 105 North Elm
Owatonna MN 55060
Other information
Director MaryKay Feltes

The Owatonna Public Library is a library in Owatonna, Minnesota, United States. Its building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1] It is a member of Southeastern Libraries Cooperating, the southeastern Minnesota library region.[2]

Owatonna's Free Public Library was established in 1896 by a legacy donation of $5,000 from an Owatonna citizen. Public funds for a library were voted in 1898 and 1899. The building is a two-story Classical Revival structure designed by Frank A. Gutterson of Des Moines, Iowa architecture firm Smith and Gutterson. Construction started in 1899 and it was officially dedicated on February 22, 1900.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Southeastern Libraries Cooperating (SELCO)
  3. ↑ Lynne VanBrocklin (April 16, 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Owatonna Free Public Library" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved March 13, 2017. with two photo from 1976 and one from 1905


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