Goodnow Library
Goodnow Library | |
![]() Goodnow Library: Sudbury, Massachusetts | |
42°21′47″N 71°25′2″W / 42.36306°N 71.41722°W / 42.36306; -71.41722 | |
Built | 1862 |
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Architect | Joseph R. Richards, et al. |
Architectural style | Romanesque, Octagon Mode |
NRHP reference No. | 02000549 [1] |
Added to NRHP | May 22, 2002 |
The Goodnow Library is an historic public library building located at 21 Concord Road in Sudbury, Massachusetts. It is named for Sudbury-native John Goodnow II, who died in 1851 and left to the town of Sudbury a 3-acre (1.2 ha) site for a library, $2,500 to build it, and $20,000 to buy books and to maintain it.[2] Construction of the two-story octagon-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.[1][3][4]
On May 22, 2002, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "About Us - Goodnow Library". Goodnow Library. Archived from the original on 2 December 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- ^ "Sudbury History". Sudbury Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
- ^ "Floor plan of present library showing octagon". Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2008-06-27.
External links
- Goodnow Library website
- Goodnow Library gallery
- Etching of the octagon library ca. 1888
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