T.B. Scott Free Library
This building (1911) is an outstanding example of library design in “Prairie School” architecture by Claude and Starck. The library was established (1889) through a bequest from T.B. Scott, lumberman, legislator, and Merrill’s first mayor, and was located in the City Hall until 1911. It was the first public library to conduct English classes for immigrants (1905) and one of the first “traveling libraries” (1898) in Wisconsin.
Marker is on West 1st Street (State Highway 64) west of North Polk Street, on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
