# Riverview Branch Library

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{{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](/source/Saint_Paul%2C_Minnesota)
| area = Less than one acre
| built = 1916
| builder = Cameron and Company
| architect = [Charles A. Hausler](/source/Charles_A._Hausler)
| architecture = [Beaux-Arts](/source/Beaux-Arts_architecture)
| 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](/source/Saint_Paul_Public_Library) serving the [West Side neighborhood](/source/West_Side%2C_Saint_Paul) of [Saint Paul, Minnesota](/source/Saint_Paul%2C_Minnesota), United States. It is a [Carnegie library](/source/Carnegie_library) built in 1916. It was listed on the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/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](/source/Charles_A._Hausler), one of the last American libraries built with Carnegie Foundation funding, and for being an important neighborhood landmark in [Beaux-Arts](/source/Beaux-Arts_architecture) 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](/source/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](/source/List_of_Carnegie_libraries_in_Minnesota)
* [National Register of Historic Places listings in Ramsey County, Minnesota](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Ramsey_County%2C_Minnesota)

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

{{National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota}}

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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

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