A moving truck is parked behind the St. Cloud Public Library building. Behind the truck is the former Unity Church, which was purchased by the City of St. Cloud in 1936 and renamed the Community Building. Stearns County Library occupied this structure from the early 1940s until the creation of the Great River Regional Library system in 1969, after which it housed the Branch and Bookmobile Department of GRRL.
In the summer of 1979, the St. Cloud Public Lbrary moved from its 1902 Carnegie building at 124 Fifth Avenue South to a successor building at 405 West Germain Street. This photograph shows a moving truck loaded with book carts transferring library materials. The National Guard assisted with the move.
The main stack area of the St. Cloud Public Library's Carnegie building is shown from above. The building stood at 124 Fifth Avenue South from 1902 until it was torn down in 1981. This image was part of a presentation used to persuade the community that the St. Cloud Public Library had outgrown its space and needed a new building.
This shows the periodicals area and stairs leading to the art books loft of the St. Cloud Public Library's Carnegie building. The building stood at 124 Fifth Avenue South from 1902 until it was torn down in 1981. This image was part of a presentation used to persuade the community that the St. Cloud Public Library had outgrown its space and needed a new building.
Back of the library looking southeast down Fourth Avenue. The eastern curve of the ""ring road"" encircling the central business district of St. Cloud, which was created as an urban renewal project in the early 1970s, can be seen here.
This was the records loft of the St. Cloud Public Library's Carnegie building. The building stood at 124 Fifth Avenue South from 1902 until it was torn down in 1981. This image was part of a presentation used to persuade the community that the St. Cloud Public Library had outgrown its space and needed a new building.
This shows the reference and stack area of the St. Cloud Public Library's Carnegie building. The building stood at 124 Fifth Avenue South from 1902 until it was torn down in 1981. This image was part of a presentation used to persuade the community that the St. Cloud Public Library had outgrown its space and needed a new building.
This view shows the main stack area and decorative window details in the St. Cloud Public Library's Carnegie building. The building stood at 124 Fifth Avenue South from 1902 until it was torn down in 1981. This image was part of a presentation used to persuade the community that the St. Cloud Public Library had outgrown its space and needed a new building.
This shows the staff work area and circulation desk of the St. Cloud Public Library's Carnegie building. The building stood at 124 Fifth Avenue South from 1902 until it was torn down in 1981. This image was part of a presentation used to persuade the community that the St. Cloud Public Library had outgrown its space and needed a new building. In the foreground is head cataloger Hazel Zindler.
These stairs led to the records loft of the St. Cloud The building stood at 124 Fifth Avenue South from 1902 until it was torn down in 1981. This image was part of a presentation used to persuade the community that the St. Cloud Public Library had outgrown its space and needed a new building.
This photograph shows the woodwork on the stairs leading down to the children's room in the St. Cloud Public Library's Carnegie building which stood at 124 Fifth Avenue South from 1902 until it was torn down in 1981.
Librarian Eva Nelson leads story time in front of a fireplace in the children's room. The St. Cloud Public Library's Carnegie building stood at 124 Fifth Avenue South from 1902 until it was torn down in 1981.