St. Joseph Public Library

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St. Joseph Public Library
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St. Joseph Public Library, February 2016
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Location10th and Felix Sts., St. Joseph, Missouri
Coordinates 39°46′0″N94°50′53″W / 39.76667°N 94.84806°W / 39.76667; -94.84806 Coordinates: 39°46′0″N94°50′53″W / 39.76667°N 94.84806°W / 39.76667; -94.84806
Arealess than one acre
Built1901 (1901)-1902
ArchitectEckel, Edmond Jacques
Architectural styleFrench Baroque Classicism
NRHP reference # 82003129 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 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. This library has over 9,000 books. It was designed by the 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 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.