Frank Hughes Memorial Library

Frank Hughes Memorial Library
Location 210 E. Franklin St., Liberty, Missouri
Coordinates 39°14′50″N 94°25′3″W / 39.24722°N 94.41750°W / 39.24722; -94.41750Coordinates: 39°14′50″N 94°25′3″W / 39.24722°N 94.41750°W / 39.24722; -94.41750
Area less than one acre
Built 1940 (1940)
Architect Wight & Wight
Architectural style Classical Revival
MPS Liberty MPS
NRHP Reference # 92001676[1]
Added to NRHP December 28, 1992

Frank Hughes Memorial Library is a historic library building located at Liberty, Clay County, Missouri. It was designed by the noted architectural firm Wight and Wight and built in 1940. It is a one-story, rectangular Classical Revival style brick building. It has a gable roof with a wide elaborate cornice. It features a flat-roofed portico feature a wide, simple wood entablature topped with a rooftop balustrade.[2]:5

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1] It is located in the Jewell-Lightburne Historic District.

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Deon K. Wolfenbarger (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Frank Hughes Memorial Library" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-11-01.


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