Arvonne Fraser Library, Public library branch in University district, Minneapolis, United States.
Arvonne Fraser Library is a public library branch in the Dinkytown area of the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood in Minneapolis, on the East Bank campus of the University of Minnesota. Designed by Ralph Rapson and built in 1963, it is a brutalist building whose square concrete roof measures 100 feet on each side. From below, the ceiling forms a waffle-like 32x32 grid of 1024 cells, supported by 16 evenly spaced pillars and lit by 22 skylights.
The building was originally constructed as a credit union in 1963 and converted to Southeast Library in 1967. Following renovations in 2020, it received its present name and continues serving the community.
The library is named after Arvonne Fraser, a women's rights advocate and political campaigner whose husband, Donald M. Fraser, was mayor of Minneapolis. The Hennepin County Board of Commissioners voted to rename it on December 11, 2018, the day after it closed for renovation. It serves the residents of the University of Minnesota community in Dinkytown.
The library stands at 1222 Fourth Street Southeast, in the Dinkytown area of the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood on the University of Minnesota's East Bank campus. The 2018–2020 renovation cut an opening through the centre of the ground floor, linking the two levels and bringing daylight into the former basement.
The square concrete roof measures 100 feet on each side. From below, its ceiling forms a 32x32 grid of 1,024 cells, held up by 16 evenly spaced pillars and pierced by 22 skylights: three central 2x2 lights and 19 smaller 1x1 lights.
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