Glasgow Public Library

Glasgow Public Library
Glasgow Public Library, March 2015
Location NW corner Market and 4th Sts., Glasgow, Missouri
Coordinates 39°13′34″N 92°50′36″W / 39.22611°N 92.84333°W / 39.22611; -92.84333Coordinates: 39°13′34″N 92°50′36″W / 39.22611°N 92.84333°W / 39.22611; -92.84333
Area less than one acre
Built 1866 (1866)
Architect Aldridge, John
Architectural style Italianate
NRHP reference # 69000106[1]
Added to NRHP May 21, 1969

Glasgow Public Library, also known as Lewis Library, is a historic library building located at Glasgow, Howard County, Missouri. It was built in 1866, and is a two-story, Italianate style brick building. It features round-arched windows and doors, and a high bracketed cornice with its broad overhanging roof. It is the oldest Missouri library in continuous use.[2]:3-4

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ M. Patricia Holmes (May 1969). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Glasgow Public Library" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-01-01. (includes 3 photographs from 1968)


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