Joplin Carnegie Library | |
Location: | 9th and Wall Sts., Joplin, Missouri |
Coordinates: | 37.0819°N -94.5158°W |
Built: | 1902 |
Architect: | Michaelis, August C. |
Architecture: | Classical Revival |
Added: | July 10, 1979 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Refnum: | 79001377 |
The Joplin Carnegie Library is a historic Carnegie library located at Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri. It was built in 1902, and is a two-story, Classical Revival style steel frame building sheathed in brick and white Carthage marble. It measures 79 feet by 86 feet and features a pedimented Ionic order porch which is distyle in antis. A four-bay two story addition was added in 1916. Andrew Carnegie provided $40,000 for its construction.[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.