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
Town & County
City: Waterloo
County: Black Hawk County
Population in 1900: 1,610
Population in 2010: 68,747
Town/County Images:
Sources:
Census of Iowa, 1895, p. 7 (http://www.census.gov/census2000/states/ia.html)
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