Williams Free Library

Williams Free Library
Location in Wisconsin
Interactive map showing the location of Williams Free Library
Location105 Park Ave.
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
Coordinates43°27′21″N 88°50′12″W / 43.4559°N 88.8366°W / 43.4559; -88.8366
ArchitectWalter Holbrook
NRHP reference No.74000079
Added to NRHPAugust 7, 1974

The Williams Free Library is a public building in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. It was the first public library in the United States to have open stacks. In 1985 the building was abandoned and the library was relocated and renamed the Beaver Dam Community Library. While the building is no longer used as a library, its Richardsonian Romanesque design remains one of the city's architectural gems.