St. Joseph Public Library-Carnegie Branch

St. Joseph Public Library-Carnegie Branch
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
St. Joseph Public Library-Carnegie Branch, September 2013
Location	316 Massachusetts St., St. Joseph, Missouri
Coordinates	39°42′58″N 94°51′58″W / 39.71611°N 94.86611°WCoordinates: 39°42′58″N 94°51′58″W / 39.71611°N 94.86611°W
Area	less than one acre
Architect	Eckel, Edmund J.
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP Reference #	99000595[1]
Added to NRHP	May 20, 1999

St. Joseph Public Library-Carnegie Branch is a historic Carnegie Library building located at St. Joseph, Missouri. It was designed by the noted 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.^[2]:2–3

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Clyde D. Weeks and Steven E. Mitchell (April 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: St. Joseph Public Library-Carnegie Branch" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-09-01.