St. Joseph Public Library-Carnegie Branch Explained

St. Joseph Public Library-Carnegie Branch
Coordinates:39.7161°N -94.8661°W
Architect:Eckel, Edmund J.
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:May 20, 1999
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:99000595

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.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: St. Joseph Public Library-Carnegie Branch. 2016-09-01. Clyde D. Weeks and Steven E. Mitchell. PDF. April 1998. Missouri Department of Natural Resources.