Dwight T. Parker Public Library is a

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. The building was constructed in 1923 to house the city's library, which had previously been based in a Methodist church and the Old Fennimore House. Dwight T. Parker, a local banker, funded the library. The architectural firm

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designed the structure in a mixture of the

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and neoclassical styles; the brick building features

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ornamentation and a tile roof. The library was added to the

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on March 10, 1983.

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Library buildings completed in 1923 Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin Buildings and structures in Grant County, Wisconsin Mediterranean Revival architecture in Wisconsin Neoclassical architecture in Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places in Grant County, Wisconsin 1923 establishments in Wisconsin {{Wisconsin-NRHP-stub