Sedalia Public Library Explained

Sedalia Public Library
Coordinates:38.7083°N -93.2306°W
Architect:Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge; Maurus, Russel & Garden
Architecture:Greek Revival
Added:January 10, 1980
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:80002389

Sedalia Public Library is a historic Carnegie library building located at Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri. It was designed by the architecture firm Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge and built in 1900. It is a two-story, cruciform plan, Greek Revival style wood and steel frame building with brick walls and limestone and terra cotta facing. It is seven bays wide with an open tetrastyle Ionic order portico on the front facade. It was the first public library in the state of Missouri to receive a Carnegie grant for construction of a library building. The grant was $50,000.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The Sedalia Public Library continues operation after over 100 years in the same historic facility; modern amenities include computers and public fax machine.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Sedalia Public Library. 2017-02-01. Noelle Soren and Donald G. Morton. PDF. September 1979. Missouri Department of Natural Resources. (includes 12 photographs from 1978)
  2. Web site: Library Services . Sedalia Public Library . 5 June 2019.