Waterloo Public Library (East Side)
Location
Current street address: 415 Commercial Street Waterloo, IA 50701
Carnegie address: 715 Mulberry Street Waterloo, Iowa 50703
Original building still standing: Yes
Still in use as a library: No
Carnegie Grant Information
Date of Grant: April 11, 19021
Amount of Grant: $24,000.001
Cornerstone Date:
Opening Date: Friday, February 23, 1906, Y.M.C.A. Auditorium, 8:00pm2
Librarian, at Dedication: Miss Georgetta Bankson and Miss Flora Cutler2
Architect: J. G. Ralston, Waterloo
Carnegie Correspondent: Mr. Emmons Johnson1
Building Style:
Building Size: 46 x 80 ft.2
Building Description: “… the east side building is built entirely of Bedford, (Ind.) Sandstone,…”2
Architectural Blueprints and Drawings
No blueprints and drawings.
Construction Documents
No building documents
Library History Documents (Reports, Newspapers, Board Meeting Minutes, etc.)
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History
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Town & County
City: Waterloo
County: Black Hawk County
Population in 1900: 1,610
Population in 2010: 68,747
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Sources:
Census of Iowa, 1895, p. 7 (http://www.census.gov/census2000/states/ia.html)