Goodnow Library
Goodnow Library | |
 Goodnow Library: Sudbury, Massachusetts | |
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| Location | 21 Concord Rd., Sudbury, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°21′47″N 71°25′2″W / 42.36306°N 71.41722°WCoordinates: 42°21′47″N 71°25′2″W / 42.36306°N 71.41722°W |
| Built | 1862 |
| Architect | , 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. Construction of the two-story octagon-shaped building began in 1862 and was finished in 1863. In the 1990s it was expanded to its present size, but the original octagon survives as a reading room.[1][2][3]
On May 22, 2002, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
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- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ History of Sudbury, MA - Part IV[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Floor plan of present library showing octagon". Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2008-06-27.
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