- City:
- Beemer, NE
- Site Type:
- Libraries, Education and Health
- New Deal Agencies:
- Civil Works Administration (CWA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1933
- Completed:
- 1934
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Marked:
- Unknown
- Site Survival:
- Unknown
Description
The Civil Works Administration (CWA) constructed a one-room library in Beemer, Nebraska. Built with CWA and city funds, the former library was located on Main St., near Highway 8. The structure had “built-in shelves, coat closets, fuel, and closets for surplus magazines.”
Source notes
https://nlc.nebraska.gov/history/centennial/1900s/19301939/CWAlibraries.pdf
Site originally submitted by Barbara Pendleton on July 16, 2022.
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