Finnmarksbiblioteket (Finnmark Library)
Description
Idrettsveien, 9800 Vadsø
The house is built in a concentrated block, the walls rendered and painted white, with arched windows and a hipped roof covered with overlapping tiles. The middle of the roof is crowned with a tower-like ridge turret. The building as a whole, and its details, has a neo-classicist stylistic expression that is reminiscent of the 1920s.
The building was built to house the Finnmark Library's collection
The building was built to house the Finnmark Library's collection
the institution was founded in 1892.
Year of construction
1925-1926
Architect
H. Chr. Hansen, Molde
Client
Finnmark Library Committee
Building Type
Library
Construction System / Materials
Brick, rendering, tiles
Literature
Beronka, Johan: Vadsø bys historie, med spredte bidrag til Varangers historie, Vadsø 1933.
Birkeland, Martha: "Finnmarksbiblioteket i Vadsø 100 år", in Varanger årbok 1992.
Birkeland, Martha: "Finnmarksbiblioteket i Vadsø 100 år", in Varanger årbok 1992.
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