Jefferson Public Library
| Interior view of the Jefferson Public Library. The library opened in 1910 and was funded by Andrew Carnegie with a gift of $10.000. Throughout the room are reading tables and chairs, a librarian's desk, and bookshelves. Windows line the room just below the ceiling above the bookshelves. Additional notes from "New Types of Small Library Buildings, 1913." ARCHITECTS - Claude & Starck, Madison, Wis. COST - $9,500. FUNDING SOURCE - Andrew Carnegie, $10,000. CONSTRUCTION - Original style. Stone basement; mission brick above stucco gables; slate roof; plate and art glass; oak finish first story; basement yellow pine; electric lights; steam heat. DIMENSIONS - 60'x34'. CAPACITY - 6,000 volumes. Identical floor plan to Reedsburg Public Library. Floor plans included. |
| Image ID: | 64411 |
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| Creation Date: | |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | Jefferson |
| County: | Jefferson |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Photographs of the exteriors and interiors of public library buildings in Wisconsin, 1890-1948, 1959 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | PH 1683 |
| Original Dimensions: | 9.5 x 7.5 inches |
| Donor(s), funding amount and year of occupancy from: Hatton, W. H., et al. Tenth Biennial Report of the Wisconsin Free Library Commission, Biennial Period Ending June 30, 1914. Madison, WI: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer, 1914. Available from University of Wisconsin Digital Collections. This image was used in: Hatton, W. H., et al. Ninth Biennial Report of the Free Library Commission of Wisconsin, 1911-12. Madison, WI: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer, 1912. p32s Available from University of Wisconsin Digital Collections. This image was used in: Wisconsin Free Library Commission. New Types of Small Library Buildings. Madison, WI: Wisconsin Free Library Commission, 1913. p34 |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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