St. Joseph Public Library-Carnegie Branch

United States historic place


St. Joseph Public Library-Carnegie Branch
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

St. Joseph Public Library-Carnegie Branch, September 2013
39°42′58″N 94°51′58″W / 39.71611°N 94.86611°W / 39.71611; -94.86611
Area	less than one acre
Architect	Eckel, Edmund J.
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	99000595^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 20, 1999

St. Joseph Public Library-Carnegie Branch is a historic Carnegie Library building located at St. Joseph, Missouri. It was designed by the architect Edmond Jacques Eckel (1845–1934) and built in 1902 in the Classical Revival style. It is a one-story, brick and limestone building over a raised basement. It features a projecting front portico with four fluted Ionic order limestone columns. It was built with a $50,000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation.^[2]^: 2–3

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.^[1]

External links

Libraries.org | https://librarytechnology.org/library/8535
Website info | http://sjpl.lib.mo.us/library-locations/carnegie-library/

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Clyde D. Weeks and Steven E. Mitchell (April 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: St. Joseph Public Library-Carnegie Branch" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-09-01.