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Tomah Public Library

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Built
  
1915

Opened
  
1915

Architectural style
  
Prairie School

Added to NRHP
  
28 May 1976

NRHP Reference #
  
76000068

Phone
  
+1 608-374-7470

Architecture firm
  
Claude and Starck

Tomah Public Library

Location
  
716 Superior Ave. Tomah, Wisconsin

Address
  
716 Superior Ave, Tomah, WI 54660, USA

Hours
  
Open today · 1–5PMSunday1–5PMMonday9AM–8PMTuesday9AM–8PMWednesday9AM–8PMThursday9AM–5PMFriday9AM–5PMSaturday9AM–5PMSuggest an edit

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The Tomah Public Library is located in Tomah, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

History

The library was constructed in 1915 to serve the City of Tomah and the surrounding area. It is a Carnegie library. In 1911 Ernest Buckley, who was a successful geologist, left the city of Tomah $12,000 to be used for a park or library. The city leaders set aside $7,000 for a library and requested a grant of $10,000 from the Carnegie Foundation. In 1915 they received the grant and secured the services of Claude and Starck. Unlike the typical Sullivanesque ornament, which is made of glazed terra cotta, the Tomah library’s frieze is made of staff, a mixture of gypsum and fiber. In 1980 the original building was added onto, nearly doubling in size.

References

Tomah Public Library Wikipedia