page_title: Webber Park Library
section_title: Webber Park Library, 1954–present
hierarchical_section_title: Webber Park Library / Webber Park Library, 1954–present
caption_attribution_description: English: Webber Park Library was built in 1980 and served the Camden community of Minneapolis until 2013 when it was razed due to structural failure.
context_page_description: Webber Park Library is a public library in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Its primary service area is the Camden, Minneapolis community. The library was one of thirteen branch libraries established under the leadership of Gratia Countryman, the chief librarian of the Minneapolis Public Library from 1904 to 1936. After starting as a delivery station in a drugstore and being housed in two buildings within Webber Park, it was in temporary quarters in a shopping center from 2014-2017. The current building opened in May 2017 on the site of the previous buildings.
context_section_description: In 1954 the library acquired the rest of the building from the Minneapolis Park Board and renamed it Webber Park Library. In 1979 the field house was razed to make way for a new swimming pool and a new Webber Park Library was built in 1980.
  Webber Park and 14 other libraries of Minneapolis Public Library were merged into the combined urban/suburban Hennepin County Library in 2008.
  The 1980 structure began to fail in 2013 and was closed and razed. A temporary location opened in December 2013 at Camden Center, 4203 Webber Pkwy. A new library building was built with a building project process of community engagement. The temporary location closed on April 29 and the new location on 4440 Humboldt Ave. N. opened on May 18, 2017.
  The new library on Humboldt has an exterior includes a veneer of Lake Superior green granite, echoing the composition of the Victory Memorial Parkway sign that is nearby. Other materials include zinc panels and Douglas fir wood columns that support the porch canopies. Inside, wood-finish ceilings, granite accents and fir structural columns echo the look and feel of outdoor spaces, as well. Window walls bring natural light into the indoor spaces. The library’s early literacy play space for the youngest readers also works to bring the outside in. Children can pretend they are at a ranger station, a veterinary office or anywhere their imaginations take them. Providing inviting indoor and outdoor reading and gathering spaces, the building has a wraparound porch, facing Humboldt Avenue North, which echoes the fronts of the homes in the neighborhood. The new library has twice the space of the 1980 structure and open hours increase from 3 to 6 days a week.
caption: Webber Park Library was built in 1980 and served the Camden community of Minneapolis until 2013 when it was razed due to structural failure.
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