Pictured below is the Library interior and exterior as it looked in 1911
Minot Memories is a blog that pertains to the city of Minot, ND. It is brief glimpses of people, places, things and events of Minot's past that will provide some insight into the history of Minot. This photo Main Street looking south from the railroad tracks about 1940
Monday, June 2, 2014
Minot Public Library
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 Library interior and exterior as it looked in 1911
Pictured below is the Library interior and exterior as it looked in 1911
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