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Eager Free Public Library Building Open during business hours. Claude & Starck, 1908
The earliest of Claude & Starck’s Sullivanesque libraries, followed by similar buildings in Merrill, Barron, and Tomah. Built in memory of local businessman Almeron Eager, the building cost about $16,000, including landscaping and the removal of the previous building on the lot. The band of ornament under the eaves was originally a bronze green color. A remodeling to make the building conform to requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act was undertaken by Mark Kraft, Architect-Engineers, Inc. of Madison, and was completed in 1996 at a cost of $406,000.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places, 1978. Photographs from 2003 courtesy of Richard Kenyon; historic postcard image courtesy of Wisconsin State Historical Society. References http://als.lib.wi.us/EFPL/history.pdf http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/hp/register/viewSummary.asp?refnum=77000047 http://www.steinerag.com/flw/Artifact%20Pages/PhHoquiamLib.htm |
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