{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Arlington Hills Library | nrhp_type = nrhp | image = Arlington Hills Library 2012.jpg | caption = Arlington Hills Library in 2012 | location = 1105 Greenbrier Street<br />Saint Paul, Minnesota | coordinates = {{coord|44|58|28|N|93|4|16|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Minnesota#USA | area = | built = 1916 | builder = Cameron & Company | architect = Charles A. Hausler | architecture = Beaux-Arts | added = February 10, 1984 | mpsub = Carnegie Libraries of St. Paul TR | refnum = 84001660<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2007a}}</ref> }}
The '''Arlington Hills Library''' is a 1916 Beaux Arts library building designed by Charles A. Hausler. It is one of three Carnegie Libraries in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name="nord">{{cite book|title=The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota|last=Nord|first=Mary Ann|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|date=2003|isbn=978-0-87351-448-4|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/nationalregister0000nord}}</ref> It served as the Arlington Hills Public Library, a branch of the St. Paul Public Library, from 1917<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gaut|first=Greg|title=Reinventing the People's Library|publisher=East Side Freedom Library|year=2019|isbn=9781095283479|location=Saint Paul, MN|pages=53}}</ref> until its relocation in 2014. The building is located in the Payne-Phalen neighborhood.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Potter |first1=Kyle |title=New digs for Arlington Hills Library, new life for its old home on St. Paul's East Side |url=https://www.twincities.com/2011/12/28/new-digs-for-arlington-hills-library-new-life-for-its-old-home-on-st-pauls-east-side/ |access-date=14 July 2024 |work=St. Paul Pioneer Press |date=28 December 2011}}</ref>
== Architectural features == The rectangular footprint of the building allowed two large reading rooms on the main level, and an auditorium and other smaller rooms in the basement. The eighty-foot symmetrical facade features seven bays, three of which have large stone arches over windows or the doorway, and four which have rectangular windows and plaques. The facade also has twelve pilasters with Ionic capitals. This facade is topped with a stone parapet with pilasters and grill-work, which rests on a classical entablature.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gaut|first=Greg|title=Reinventing the people's library|date=2019 |isbn=978-1-0952-8347-9|edition=First |location=St. Paul, MN|pages=44–45|oclc=1107640697}}</ref>
==Relocation== The public library closed for relocation on Saturday, March 15, 2014<ref name="Duchschere">Duchschere, Ken. "Arlington Hills Library on East Side Closes." ''Startribune.com.'' 15 Mar. 2014. Web. 19 Mar. 2014.</ref> and reopened at 1200 Payne Ave. on May 22, 2014, as part of the Arlington Hills Community Center in collaboration with the parks and recreation department.<ref name="Melo">Melo, Frederick. "St. Paul Touts New Arlington Hills Rec Center as Boost for East Side." ''St. Paul Pioneer Press,'' 22 May 2014. Web. 04 June 2014.</ref> The building went up for sale by the City of Saint Paul for adaptive reuse that would maintain the historic structure.<ref>{{cite news |last=Anderson |first=Jim |title=St. Paul selling landmark Arlington Hills Library and fire station on East Side |url=http://www.startribune.com/local/east/227326881.html |location=Minneapolis |newspaper=Star Tribune |date=2013-10-11 |access-date=2013-10-12}}</ref>
===East Side Freedom Library=== {{main|East Side Freedom Library}} The nonprofit East Side Freedom Library signed a lease with the city in March, 2014,<ref name="Larkin">Larkin, Patrick. "New Carnegie library stewards want to "raise the roof"" ''LillieNews.com.'' Lillie Suburban Newspapers, 2 June 2014. Web. 16 June 2014.</ref> and will feature a reference book collection along with classrooms and meeting spaces for cultural events.<ref name="Anderson2">Anderson, Jim. "New Chapter for St. Paul's Historic Arlington Hills Branch Library." ''StarTribune.com.'' 18 Mar. 2014. Web. 19 Mar. 2014.</ref> The East Side Freedom Library was expected to open in June, 2014,<ref name="Anderson2"/> but was delayed due to a need to replace the roof of the building.<ref name="Larkin"/> The organization is fundraising and seeking grants to complete this and other work on the building.<ref name="Larkin"/> The East Side Freedom Library began offering public programming in July, 2014.<ref name="Sturdevant">Sturdevant, Andy. "'The Meddling Class' Finds Its Righteous Voice at East Side Freedom Library." ''MinnPost.'' 10 July 2014. Web. 23 Feb. 2015.</ref>
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==External links== * [http://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/ East Side Freedom Library] * [http://arlingtonhillscc.com/ Arlington Hills Community Center]
{{National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota}}
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Category:Beaux-Arts architecture in Minnesota Category:Carnegie libraries in Minnesota Category:Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota Category:Library buildings completed in 1916 Category:National Register of Historic Places in Saint Paul, Minnesota Category:Public libraries in Minnesota