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Sumner Branch Library
Sumner Library from the southeast
Sumner Library is located in Minnesota
Sumner Library
Location611 Emerson Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Built1915
ArchitectCecil Bayless Chapman, Haglin, & Stahr
Architectural styleTudor Revival
NRHP reference No.00000539[1]
Added to NRHPMay 26, 2000

The Sumner Community Library is a neighborhood library located in the Near-north neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The Carnegie Library was a haven for Jewish immigrants to the city in the early 20th century. The Minneapolis Public Library moved its entire collection of Yiddish and Hebrew works to the branch library in response to a survey showing that 95% of the patrons were Jewish immigrants, some of whom learned English there and participated in social clubs in the building. The Tudor Revival building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 0-87351-448-3.
  3. ^ "Sumner Branch Library". Minneapolis. Retrieved 2008-04-21.