The Joplin Carnegie Library is a historic
Carnegie library located at
Joplin,
Jasper County, Missouri. It was built in 1902, and is a two-story,
Classical Revival style steel frame building sheathed in brick and white Carthage
marble. It measures 79 feet by 86 feet and features a pedimented
Ionic order
The Ionic order is one of the three canonic orders of classical architecture, the other two being the Doric and the Corinthian. There are two lesser orders: the Tuscan (a plainer Doric), and the rich variant of Corinthian called the composite or ...
porch which is ''
distyle in antis''. A four-bay two story addition was added in 1916.
Andrew Carnegie provided $40,000 for its construction.
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It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
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References
Library buildings completed in 1902
Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri
Neoclassical architecture in Missouri
Government buildings completed in 1902
Buildings and structures in Joplin, Missouri
Carnegie libraries in Missouri
National Register of Historic Places in Jasper County, Missouri
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