The Sioux City Public Library-North Side Branch, also known as Bruce Meyer Productions, is a historic building located in

Sioux City, Iowa Sioux City () is a city in Woodbury and Plymouth counties in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 85,797 in the 2020 census, making it the fourth-largest city in Iowa. The bulk of the city is in Woodbury County, ...

, United States. The city received a total of $85,000 in 1911 from

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to build the main library and the Leeds branch library. It was the only city in

Iowa Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the ...

to receive a grant for both a main and branch library. with A $100,000 bond issue passed in 1926 to replace the temporary facilities for the other branch libraries throughout the city. The North Side Branch was designed by local architect

William L. Steele William LaBarthe Steele (May 2, 1875 – March 4, 1949) was an American architect from Chicago, Illinois. He is considered a principal member of the Prairie School Architectural Movement during the early 20th century. Career After graduating f ...

in the Tudor Revival style, and was completed in 1929. It was used as a branch facility until 1982 when the city closed all of the branch libraries in 1982, except the Morningside branch. A new branch library was created on the north side. The old north branch was sold to Bruce Meyer for his photography studio. It was listed on the

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in 2000.

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Library buildings completed in 1929 Buildings and structures in Sioux City, Iowa National Register of Historic Places in Sioux City, Iowa Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa Tudor Revival architecture in Iowa William L. Steele buildings Former library buildings in the United States 1929 establishments in Iowa {{Iowa-struct-stub