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Burlington Public Library (Burlington, Iowa)

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Director
  
Rhonda Frevert

Circulation
  
455,466 (2014)

Added to NRHP
  
27 March 1975

Type
  
Public

Phone
  
+1 319-753-1647

Established
  
1868

Burlington Public Library (Burlington, Iowa)

Location
  
210 Court St.Burlington, Iowa

Website
  
www.burlington.lib.ia.us

Location
  
501 N. 4th St.Burlington, Iowa

Address
  
210 Court St, Burlington, IA 52601, USA

Hours
  
Closed now Monday9AM–8PMTuesday9AM–8PMWednesday9AM–8PMThursday9AM–8PMFriday9AM–5PMSaturday9AM–5PMSundayClosed

Architectural style
  
Renaissance Revival architecture

Similar
  
Hawkeye Creek Bridge, Cascade Bridge, German Methodist Episcopal, First Congregational Church, Lock and Dam No 18

The Burlington Public Library is a public library located in Burlington, Iowa, United States. It dates back to 1868. The library is currently located on Court Street. The previous library building on Main Street was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. It was then added as a contributing property in the Heritage Hill Historic District in 1982.

History

The Burlington Public Library traces its origin to a subscription library that was created in two rooms located in city hall in 1868. It was established by US Senator James Wilson Grimes who contributed $5,000 of his own money to the effort. Local philanthropist Philip M. Crapo suggested that a new library building be constructed. He offered $20,000 of his own money for the project if the city council matched his gift, which they did. Crapo also provided the funds for many of the furnishings in the building as well. Boston architect T.S. Hoyt designed the building in the Gothic Revival style. The builder, J. C. Sutherland, modified the plans and it was constructed in more of a Renaissance Revival style from 1896 to 1898. The total cost of the project was $55,000.

The ground was broken for the present library building in October 2004. Funding for the project came from the Friends of the Burlington Public Library Foundation, private contributions raised by a capital campaign, the city of Burlington, a Vision Iowa Grant, and Des Moines County. It was opened for the first time on November 13, 2006. The library won the Main Street Iowa Award for the Best Community Initiated Development Project in 2007. The library is heated and cooled by a geothermal system that is fed by 132 wells 267 feet (81 m) under the parking lot. The old library building became the home of the Des Moines County Historical Society museum.

References

Burlington Public Library (Burlington, Iowa) Wikipedia


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