St. Cloud Times — In the fall of 1981, a downtown shopper in St. Cloud could hear the sound of a backhoe as it clawed its way through the walls of the 1902 Carnegie Library.
For two years, the library had stood vacant while authorities discussed its fate. Though officials tried to find an alternative use for the 80-year-old building, the absence of a furnace, damage by vandals and the lack of handicap accessibility spelled the building’s doom.
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In 1939, local architect Nairne W. Fisher designed a rear annex erected by WPA workers with granite donated by St. Cloud State Teachers College — now St. Cloud State University.
