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Mabel Tainter Memorial Library
| Exterior view of the Mabel Tainter Memorial Library. The library opened in 1891 and was funded by a $95,000 gift from Captain & Mrs. A. Tainter. Detailed carved stone archway over the main entrance that reads: "1889." Above the columns it reads: "Mabel Tainter Memorial." Richardsonian Romanesque style stone building with turrets. Three boys stand in front of the library near a railing, and striped awnings are over the windows. Additional notes from "Some Wisconsin Library Buildings, 1904." Population 5,655. Borrowers 2,547. Circulation 31,978. Volumes 8,536. Tax $400 This building, housing the Memorial Free Library, was erected in 1889, at a cost, fully equipped, of $125,000, a gift to the public from Capt. and Mrs. Andrew Tainter, of Menomonie, as a memorial of their daughter. |
| Image ID: | 64775 |
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| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | Menomonie |
| County: | Dunn |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Photographs of the exteriors and interiors of public library buildings in Wisconsin, 1890-1948, 1959 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
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| 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: Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Some Wisconsin Library Buildings. Madison: Wisconsin Free Library Commission, 1904. Available from Google Books. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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