Pierre Bottineau Library, Public library branch in northeast Minneapolis, United States

Pierre Bottineau Library occupies two restored industrial buildings on the former Grain Belt brewery site, housing books, computers, and work areas for the community. The space combines historic brick structures with modern library functions and meeting facilities inside.

The library's home combines the 1893 Wagon Shed and the 1913 Millwright Shop, both structures of the Grain Belt brewery complex, joined by an addition by RSP Architects. The Minneapolis Library Board proposed the Grain Belt site in 2000, work began in 2002 at a cost of $3.1 million, and the branch opened on May 31, 2003. It reopened on January 2, 2008, as part of Hennepin County Library.

The library is named after Pierre Bottineau, a Minnesota frontiersman. Its children's services were given priority when the Grain Belt facility opened, because the old rented branch on Northeast 2nd Street drew heavy use from school-age youths. The branch joined the Hennepin County Library system on January 2, 2008.

The library is at 1224 Northeast 2nd Street on the Grain Belt campus in northeast Minneapolis. The 12,355-square-foot facility combines the 1893 Wagon Shed and 1913 Millwright Shop with a modern addition by RSP Architects. The entrance is on the ground floor; the children's area is a focal point because the previous branch received heavy use from school-age youths.

The 1893 Wagon Shed and 1913 Millwright Shop were brewery support structures before becoming library space. The $3.1 million project, begun in 2002, added a wing by RSP Architects. Look for the surviving industrial brickwork where old and new construction meet.