Louisiana Public Library

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Louisiana Public Library
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Louisiana Public Library, July 2010
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Location121 N. 3rd St., Louisiana, Missouri
Coordinates 39°27′2″N91°2′51″W / 39.45056°N 91.04750°W / 39.45056; -91.04750 Coordinates: 39°27′2″N91°2′51″W / 39.45056°N 91.04750°W / 39.45056; -91.04750
Arealess than one acre
Built1905 (1905)
Built byEdward Ward
Architect Mauran, Russell & Garden
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No. 96000401 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 12, 1996

Louisiana Public Library is a historic Carnegie library building located at Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri. It was designed by the architectural firm Mauran, Russell & Garden and built in 1905. It is a one-story, Late Gothic Revival style rock-faced, cut limestone building on a partially exposed basement. It measures approximately 50 feet by 40 feet and features a front arched doorway with batten doors, eyebrow windows, and stepped parapet. It was constructed with a $10,000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation. [2] :5,9

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. [1] It is located in the North Third Street Historic District.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Rachel Mancini (September 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Louisiana Public Library" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-02-01. (includes 10 photographs from 1995)