Library Park (Belleville, Wisconsin)
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Library Park is the village green in
Belleville, Wisconsin Belleville is a village in Dane and Green counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 2,491 at the 2020 census. Of this, 1,909 were in Dane County, and 582 were in Green County. The Dane County portion of Belleville is part of ...
, platted in 1851, to which the two-story cream brick village hall was added in 1894. The park was listed on the
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in 1981 and on the State Register of Historic Places in 1989.


History

The main building in the park is the former Belleville Village Hall, built in 1894. It was also used as a firehouse, jail and a public library. Aside from the Village Hall, the park itself has been important to the community, hosting high school commencements, picnics, band concerts, 4 July celebrations, and ice cream socials. In the 1930s and '40s village merchants offered free movies in the park on Saturday evenings in summer. The School Fair was also held there, with cattle tied around waiting to be judged. In 1960, the library was moved to a different location and in 1998, the Belleville Historical Society acquired the building. Also in the park is a historic pump house and a more-recently built gazebo, fountain and memorial plaque. With


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{{reflist Parks on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places in Dane County, Wisconsin