Riverview Branch Library

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Riverview Branch Library | nrhp_type = | image = Riverview Library.jpg | caption = Riverview Branch Library viewed from the south | coordinates = {{coord|44|55|47.7|N|93|5|5|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Minnesota#USA | location = 1 East George Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota | area = Less than one acre | built = 1916 | builder = Cameron and Company | architect = Charles A. Hausler | architecture = Beaux-Arts | mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64000344|title=Carnegie Libraries of St. Paul TR}} | refnum = 84001672<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2010a}}</ref> | added = February 10, 1984 }}

'''Riverview Branch Library''' is a branch of the Saint Paul Public Library serving the West Side neighborhood of Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is a Carnegie library built in 1916. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 for having local significance in the themes of architecture and education.<ref>{{cite web |title=St. Paul Carnegie Libraries: Riverview Branch Library |url=http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/nrhp/NRDetails.cfm-NPSNum=84001672.html |work=Minnesota National Register Properties Database |publisher=Minnesota Historical Society |year=2009 |accessdate=2018-04-05}}</ref> It was nominated for being one of only three Carnegie libraries built in Saint Paul, one of the first projects of Saint Paul city architect Charles A. Hausler, one of the last American libraries built with Carnegie Foundation funding, and for being an important neighborhood landmark in Beaux-Arts style.<ref name=Carstens>{{cite journal |last=Carstens |first=Greg |author2=Mathew Michaud |author3=Patricia Murphy |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Carnegie Libraries of St Paul TR |url={{NRHP url|id=64000344}} |publisher=National Park Service |date=1981-11-12 |accessdate=2018-04-04}}</ref> Many immigrants to Saint Paul lived on the West Side and the library was designed to serve them.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lindeke |first1=Bill |title=St. Paul's century-old Carnegie libraries head their separate ways |url=https://www.minnpost.com/cityscape/2016/10/st-paul-s-century-old-carnegie-libraries-head-their-separate-ways/ |access-date=5 May 2024 |work=MinnPost |date=28 October 2016}}</ref> Architecture critic Larry Millett noted a large amount of natural light and called it one of the "West Side's finest buildings".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Millett |first1=Larry |title=AIA guide to the Twin Cities: the essential source on the architecture of Minneapolis and St. Paul |date=2007 |publisher=Minnesota Historical Society Press |location=St. Paul |isbn=9780873515405 |pages=410–411}}</ref> ==See also== * List of Carnegie libraries in Minnesota * National Register of Historic Places listings in Ramsey County, Minnesota

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==External links== * [https://sppl.org/locations/RV/ Riverview Branch Library]

Category:1916 establishments in Minnesota 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