Sedalia Public Library is a historic
Carnegie library building located at
Sedalia,
Pettis County, Missouri. It was designed by the architecture firm
Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge and built in 1900. It is a two-story, cruciform plan,
Greek Revival style wood and steel frame building with brick walls and
limestone and
terra cotta facing. It is seven bays wide with an open tetrastyle
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 ...
portico
A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cult ...
on the front facade. It was the first public library in the state of Missouri to receive a
Carnegie grant for construction of a library building. The grant was $50,000.
[ (includes 12 photographs from 1978)]
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
[ The Sedalia Public Library continues operation after over 100 years in the same historic facility; modern amenities include computers and public fax machine.]
References
External links
Sedalia Public Library website
* https://librarytechnology.org/library/20320
Carnegie libraries in Missouri
Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri
Greek Revival architecture in Missouri
Library buildings completed in 1900
Buildings and structures in Pettis County, Missouri
National Register of Historic Places in Pettis County, Missouri
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