| Goodnow Library | |
| Location: | 21 Concord Rd., Sudbury, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates: | 42.3631°N -71.4172°W |
| Built: | 1862 |
| Architect: | Joseph R. Richards, et al. |
| Architecture: | Romanesque, Octagon Mode |
| Added: | May 22, 2002 |
| Refnum: | 02000549 |
The Goodnow Library is an historic public library building located at 21 Concord Road in Sudbury, Massachusetts. It is named for Sudbury-native John Goodnow II, who died in 1851 and left to the town of Sudbury a 3acres site for a library, $2,500 to build it, and $20,000 to buy books and to maintain it.[1] Construction of the two-story octagon-shaped building began in 1862 and was finished in 1863. In the 1990s, the library was expanded to its present size, but the original octagon survives as a reading room.[2] [3]
On May 22, 2002, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
