St. Joseph Public Library


St. Joseph Public Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
St. Joseph Public Library, February 2016
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Location	10th and Felix Sts., St. Joseph, Missouri
Coordinates	39°46′0″N 94°50′53″W / 39.76667°N 94.84806°W / 39.76667; -94.84806Coordinates: 39°46′0″N 94°50′53″W / 39.76667°N 94.84806°W / 39.76667; -94.84806
Area	less than one acre
Built	1901 (1901)-1902
Architect	Eckel, Edmond Jacques
Architectural style	French Baroque Classicism
NRHP Reference #	82003129^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 20, 1982

St. Joseph Public Library, also known as Free Public Library, Public Museum, Public Library, and Board of Education Building, is a historic library building located at St. Joseph, Missouri. A library is where books are held. This library has over 9,000 books. ≠It was designed by the noted architect Edmond Jacques Eckel (1845–1934) and built in 1901-1902 in the French Baroque style. It is a two-story, brick and reinforced concrete building sheathed in beige marble and limestone. It has a red hipped roof topped by a skeletal glazed dome. It features a pedimented projecting central bay and entrance loggia.^[2]^:2–3

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Noelle Soren (August 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: St. Joseph Public Library" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-09-01.

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