Eager Free Public Library Building
38 West Main Street
Evansville, Wisconsin 53536-1144
608/882-2260

Open during normal business hours.

Claude & Starck, 1908

The earliest of Claude & Starck’s Sullivanesque libraries, followed by similar buildings in Merrill, Barron, and Tomah. Built in memory of local businessman Almeron Eager, the building cost about $16,000, including landscaping and the removal of the previous building on the lot. The band of ornament under the eaves was originally a bronze green color. A remodeling to make the building conform to requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act was undertaken by Mark Kraft, Architect-Engineers, Inc. of Madison, and was completed in 1996 at a cost of $406,000.

While in the library, ask for the Evansville architectural walking tour brochure.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places, 1978.

Historic postcard image courtesy of Wisconsin State Historical Society.