Taylors Falls Public Library

Taylors Falls Public Library
(U.S. National Register of Historic Places)
Taylors Falls Public Library in 1934
Location:	Taylors Falls, Minnesota
Coordinates:	45°24′10.43″N, 92°39′8.84″W
Built/Founded:	1854
Architect:	John Jacob Spengler
Architectural style(s):	Eastlake, Victorian Gothic
Added to NRHP:	October 15, 1970
NRHP Reference#:	70000290^[1]
MPS:	Chisago County MRA (AD)
Governing body:	Local

The Taylors Falls Public Library, located at 417 Bench Street in Taylors Falls in the U.S. state of Minnesota was built by John Jacob Spengler as a tailor shop in 1854; he sewed uniforms for Union Soldiers in the Civil War, while he and his family lived in the back room of the building. The one-story two-room building features a barrel-vault ceiling in the front room and a pressed tin ceiling in the back room. Other architectural elements include Victorian Gothic pendants, spindles, and quatro-foils in an Eastlake style. In 1887 the building was sold to the Taylors Falls Library Association for use as the first library in Minnesota.^[2]^[3]^[4] That use continues today; in 2007 the library received a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which seeks to provide information technology to residents of rural communities.^[5]

References

^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
^ Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 0-87351-448-3.
^ Branch Street Library, Taylors Falls, Chisago County, MN. Historic American Buildings Survey. Library of Congress. Retrieved on 2007-11-12.
^ 1880s: Taylors Falls Public Library. Gateways through the Years. Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved on 2007-11-12.
^ Minnesota Grant Recipients. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Retrieved on 2007-11-12.

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