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The Goodnow Library is an historic public
library A library is a collection of Book, books, and possibly other Document, materials and Media (communication), media, that is accessible for use by its members and members of allied institutions. Libraries provide physical (hard copies) or electron ...
building located at 21 Concord Road in
Sudbury, Massachusetts Sudbury is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. At the 2020 census, it had a population of 18,934. The town, located in Greater Boston's MetroWest region, has a colonial history. History Incorporated in 1639, the boundar ...
. It is named for Sudbury-native John Goodnow II, who died in 1851 and left to the town of Sudbury a site for a library, $2,500 to build it, and $20,000 to buy books and to maintain it. Construction of the two-story
octagon In geometry, an octagon () is an eight-sided polygon or 8-gon. A '' regular octagon'' has Schläfli symbol and can also be constructed as a quasiregular truncated square, t, which alternates two types of edges. A truncated octagon, t is a ...
-shaped building began in 1862 and was finished in 1863. In the 1990s, the library was expanded to its present size, but the original octagon survives as a reading room. On May 22, 2002, it was added to the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
.


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts This is a listing of places in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Middlesex County in the U.S. state of Massachusetts that are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. With more than 1,300 listings, the county has more listings than a ...


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Goodnow Library website

Goodnow Library gallery


Library buildings completed in 1863 Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Octagonal buildings in the United States Public libraries in Massachusetts Buildings and structures in Sudbury, Massachusetts Libraries in Middlesex County, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places in Middlesex County, Massachusetts 1863 establishments in Massachusetts {{MiddlesexCountyMA-NRHP-stub