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Waupun Public Library
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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1903/00/00 Burr W Davis begins to pursue Carnegie interest in funding the construction of a library building in Waupun.
1904/04/05 Carnegie Corporation Benefactor The Waupun city council accepts the Carnegie Foundation offer to build a library with the standard stipulation that the city must provide a suitable site and match at least 10 percent of the gift annually.
1905/10/22 Henry A Foeller Architect Built with a $10,000.00 gift from Andrew Carnegie, The Waupun Public Library opens to the public.

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Particulars for Waupun Public Library:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Criteria Exemplar
Architectural Style Gothic Revival
Education Library
Area of Significance Social History



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 4th September 1979

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Waupun Public Library
Registry Address: 22 S. Madison St.
Registry Number: 79000072
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Local
Architect: Foeller,H.A.
Architectural Style: Gothic
Contributing Buildings: 1
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Architecture, Social history
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Significant Year: 1904
Historic Function: Education
Historic Sub-Function: Library
Current Function: Recreation and Culture
Current Sub-Function: Museum

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