Lincoln Branch Library

The Lincoln Branch Library is a former Carnegie library in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Duluth, Minnesota, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The branch began operation in 1892, opening in the historic building in 1917. The building served as a library until 1990, and has been owned by the Duluth Art Institute since 1992. The structure was built of brick and limestone in the Late Gothic Revival style. The Lincoln Branch Library was the third and last Carnegie library built in Duluth.
History
In 1891, a committee of neighborhood citizens met with the Duluth Library Board to establish a library in Duluth's West End (known as Lincoln Park since 1996). The West End Branch Library, as it was initially called, opened in 1892 in a room of the Irwin-Sloan Block. It operated until 1893, when economic depression and funding cuts forced its closure. It reopened in 1895, but again faced closure in 1896. A Duluth resident made a gift to...