Sumner Community Library

Infobox_nrhp | name =Sumner Branch Library
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caption =
location= 611 Emerson Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota
lat_degrees = 44
lat_minutes = 59
lat_seconds = 6
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 93
long_minutes = 17
long_seconds = 40
long_direction = W
locmapin = Minnesota
area =
built =1915
architect= Cecil Bayless Chapman, Haglin, & Stahr
architecture= Tudor Revival
added = May 26, 2000
governing_body = Local
refnum=00000539cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

The Sumner Branch Library is a neighborhood library located in the Near-north neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Carnegie Library was a haven for Jewish immigrants to the city in the early 20th century. The Minneapolis Public Library moved its entire collection of entire Yiddish and Hebrew works to the branch library in response to a survey showing that 95% of the patrons were Jewish immigrants, some of whom learned English there and participated in social clubs in the building. The Tudor Revival building is a Registered Historic Place.cite book|title=The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota|last=Nord|first=Mary Ann|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|date=2003|isbn=0-87351-448-3] [cite web| title =Sumner Branch Library| publisher = Minneapolis| url = http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/hpc/landmarks/Emerson_Ave_N_611_Sumner_Library.asp| accessdate = 2008-04-21]

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