Waterloo Public Library (East Side)
Location
Current street address: 415 Commercial St. Waterloo, Iowa 50703
Carnegie address: 626 Mulberry St. -- city offices
Original building still standing: Yes
Still in use as a library: No
Carnegie Grant Information
Date of Grant: April 11, 19021
Amount of Grant: $24,000.001
Cornerstone Date: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Opening Date: Friday, February 23, 1906, Y.M.C.A. Auditorium, 8:00pm2
Carnegie Correspondent: Mr. Emmons Johnson1
Librarian, at Dedication: Miss Georgetta Bankson and Miss Flora Cutler2
Architect: J. G. Ralston, Waterloo
Contractor:
Building Style:
Building Size: 80 ft. x 46 ft.2
Building Description: "... the east side building is built entirely of Bedford, (Ind.) Sandstone,..."2
Town & County
City: Waterloo
County: Black Hawk County
Population in 1900: 12,580
Population in 2010: 68,406
Town/County Images:
Sources:
Twelfth Census of the United States — 1900. p. 451.
Waterloo is the county seat of Black Hawk County, which was established on February 17, 1843. The county was named for Chief Black Hawk of the Fox and Sac Tribes. In 1851, the county seat was situated at Cedar Falls. In 1855, the county seat was moved to Waterloo as a more central location for the county. Black Hawk County received two Carnegie grants for the towns of Waterloo and Cedar Falls. Waterloo received additional Carnegie funding so that libraries could be built on both sides of the Cedar River.
(Source: Pratt, LeRoy G. “The Counties and Courthouses of Iowa.” Mason City, Ia; Klipto Printing & Office Supply Company, 1977, p. 35.)