Glenwood Public Library
Location
Current street address: 109 North Vine Street Glenwood, IA 51534-1516
Carnegie address: 109 North Vine Street Glenwood, IA 51534-1516
Original building still standing: Yes
Still in use as a library: Yes
Carnegie Grant Information
Date of Grant: July 27, 19031
Amount of Grant: $7,000.001
Cornerstone Date: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Opening Date: Tuesday, February 5, 1907, evening2
Carnegie Correspondent: F. M. Powell, Superintendent for the Institute of Feeble Minded Children
Librarian, at Dedication:
Architect: A. W. Woods, Lincoln, Nebraska
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Building Description: "...building ...is constructed of buff pressed brick trimmed with gray stone; the basement is of dark vitrified brick."2
Town & County
City: Glenwood
County: Mills County
Population in 1900: 3,040
Population in 2010: 5,269
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Sources:
Twelfth Census of the United States — 1900. p. 449.
Glenwood is the county seat for Mills County, which was established on January 15, 1851. The county was named to honor Major Frederick Mills of Burlington, Iowa, who had been killed in 1847 in the Mexican War. In 1846, the county seat was first named Rushville, which then was changed to Coonsville in 1847. In 1853, the name was changed to Glenwood. Mills County received two Carnegie grants for Glenwood and Malvern.
(Source: Pratt, LeRoy G. “The Counties and Courthouses of Iowa.” Mason City, Ia; Klipto Printing & Office Supply Company, 1977, p. 228.)
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