The Beatrice City Library, at 220 N. 5th St. in
Beatrice, Nebraska
Beatrice () is a city in and the county seat of Gage County, Nebraska, United States. Its population was 12,459 at the 2010 census. Beatrice is located approximately 25 miles south of Lincoln on the Big Blue River and is surrounded by agricultu ...
, was built in 1902-03 and was opened on January 1, 1904.
[ It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.][
Designed by architect ]George A. Berlinghof
George Anthony Berlinghof (born Georg Anton Berlinghof; July 24, 1860 – May 30, 1944) was a Germany, German-born architect who designed a number of important buildings in Lincoln, Nebraska, Lincoln and other cities in Nebraska. Some of his surv ...
, who was then based in Beatrice, it is Beaux Arts in style.[ With ]
The library's creation was the culmination of effort by the Beatrice Literary Club, founded in 1890, which built upon efforts by the local Woman's Christian Temperance Union group which established a circulating library.[
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National Register of Historic Places in Gage County, Nebraska
Beaux-Arts architecture in Nebraska
Library buildings completed in 1902
Carnegie libraries in Nebraska
Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Nebraska
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