St. Joseph Public Library-Carnegie Branch

St. Joseph Public Library-Carnegie Branch
St. Joseph Public Library-Carnegie Branch, September 2013
Location 316 Massachusetts St., St. Joseph, Missouri
Coordinates 39°42′58″N 94°51′58″W / 39.71611°N 94.86611°W / 39.71611; -94.86611Coordinates: 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 # 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]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ 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.


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