Superior Branch, Cleveland, Ohio
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boatchick
N 41° 31.217 W 081° 36.916
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With the assistance of grants from Andrew Carnegie, fifteen branch libraries were built in Cleveland during the period from 1904 to 1920. The branch at East 105th near Superior no longer functions as a library.
Waymark Code: WM5ABX
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 12/06/2008
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The
Cleveland Public
Library traces its roots back to a humble beginning in
1869 in a small rented room near Public Square in downtown
Cleveland. Over the years, the library grew and expanded.
William Howard Brett became the head of the Library in 1884,
and would serve in that capacity until his death in 1918.
Brett was successful in lobbying Andrew Carnegie for a total
of $590,000 to build
fifteen branch
libraries in Cleveland.
The Superior branch of the Cleveland Public Library was designed by Andrew Carnegie's brother-in-law, architect Henry Whitfield. Whitfield designed a number of Carnegie libraries, including the Cleveland Carnegie South branch and the only Carnegie library in Hawaii. The building is a simple brick design with large windows. The branch was closed in 1990 and the nearby Langston Hughes branch was opened eight years later. The building currently appears to be abandoned and unmaintained, with plywood covering the windows.
References:
Armentrout, Mary Ellen: Carnegie Libraries of Ohio
Cleveland Public Library