St. Joseph Public Library-Carnegie Branch

316 Massachusetts St., St. Joseph, Missouri. County/parish: Buchanan.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 20, 1999. NRIS 99000595.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Carnegie Library

From Wikipedia:

St. Joseph Public Library-Carnegie Branch

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.: 2–3 

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63818393

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