On This Date in Minnesota History: March 27

March 27, 1903 - The city of Luverne, Minn., secured $10,000 from Carnegie to build the Luverne Carnegie Library on this date. Plans were prepared by local architect W.E.E. Greene and the contractor was P.N. Gillham. The Luverne Carnegie Library was completed in 1904, and added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 18, 1980. It is currently used as the Carnegie Cultural Center.

http://www.placeography.org/index.php/Luverne_Public_Library,_205_Freeman_Avenue_North,_Luverne,_Minnesota

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Rock_County,_Minnesota

Luverne Carnegie Library ca.1910

http://www.placeography.org/index.php/Luverne_Public_Library,_205_Freeman_Avenue_North,_Luverne,_Minnesota

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