The original Minot Public
Library began in 1908 in two rooms
rented in the Optic Block. In 1908 the city approved its first mill levy for
library purposes. In 1910 with $2000 in its treasury, the library obtained a
grant from Andrew Carnegie for a new building. The Library was built at the corner
of what is now Second Avenue and First Street Southeast. The library moved into
its new home in 1911 and remained there for 55 years, when it moved into its
current location. When the Library was dedicated in February of 1912, it had
1490 books and claimed to have 1350 borrowers. The original library building is
now the Carnegie Center. Pictured below is the interior of the library prior to opening and the library in 1911
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