| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1899/01/20 | Cass Gilbert | Architect | Winona Free Public Library opens at the corner of 5th St and Johnson St. In the late 1890s lumberman William Harris Laird donated $50,000 to the city for a new library. The Winona Library Association paid for the furniture, fixtures and shelving. | |||
| 1899/01/20 | Edgar Viguers Seeler | Architect | Winona Free Public Library opens at the corner of 5th St and Johnson St. In the late 1890s lumberman William Harris Laird donated $50,000 to the city for a new library. The Winona Library Association paid for the furniture, fixtures and shelving. | |||
| 1899/01/20 | Warren Powers Laird | Architect | Winona Free Public Library opens at the corner of 5th St and Johnson St. In the late 1890s lumberman William Harris Laird donated $50,000 to the city for a new library. The Winona Library Association paid for the furniture, fixtures and shelving. | |||
| 1912/00/00 | Kenyon Cox | Painter | Donated in 1910 by William Hayes as a memorial to his wife Charlotte Prentiss Hayes, Kenyon Cox paints an allegorical mural, The Light of Learning, under the library's dome. |
| Particulars for Winona Free Public Library: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Area of Significance | Education |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Historic Use | Library |
| Architectural Style | Neoclassical |
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