Waterloo Public Library-East Side Branch

Coordinates: 42°29′57″N 92°20′0.3″W / 42.49917°N 92.333417°W / 42.49917; -92.333417
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Waterloo Public Library-East Side Branch
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Waterloo MPS
NRHP reference No.88001323[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 29, 1988
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The Waterloo Public Library-East Side Branch is a historic building located in

Bedford stone structure was built over a raised basement. It is one of the few stone buildings in Waterloo.[3] The building has a central portico with paired Ionic columns. It is part of a larger central mass that is oriented from front to back and sits across the lower hipped roof
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In 1977 voters in Waterloo approved a $3,650,000 bond referendum to renovate the city's 1938 post office and federal building to house the library.[2] The post office vacated the building in 1979 when it relocated. The old library building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1] The building is now used by the city of Waterloo.

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b "History". Waterloo Public Library. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
  3. ^ a b James E. Jacobsen. "Waterloo Public Library, East Side Branch". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-11-23. with photos
  4. ^ "Carnegie Libraries of Iowa Project-Waterloo Public Library (East Side)". University of Iowa. Retrieved 2016-11-23.

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