Taylors Falls Public Library is the public library of Taylors Falls, Minnesota, United States, still operating in its original 19th-century building. Originally constructed as a tailor shop in 1854, the building was remodeled and converted into a library in 1887. Taylors Falls Public Library was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970 for its local significance in the themes of architecture and education. It was nominated for being an intact example of small-town libraries as they existed before Carnegie libraries and bookmobiles, and for its Carpenter Gothic/Stick style architecture.DescriptionTaylors Falls Public Library is a one-story, two-room building measuring 32ft long and 14ft wide. It is of wood frame construction with clapboard siding on a sandstone foundation. The front door is capped by a Gothic Revival canopy and flanked by Stick style windows with Eastlake Movement decorations. Elaborately sawn and turned ornaments adorn the bargeboards and front façade. A 14by lean-to abuts the rear.Inside the front room features a plastered barrel-vault ceiling, while the back room has a pressed tin ceiling.
