Jacksonville Public Library (Illinois)
Jacksonville Public Library | |
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| Location | 201 W. College Ave., Jacksonville, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 39°43′56″N 90°13′49″W / 39.73222°N 90.23028°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1902 |
| Architect | Patton & Miller |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| MPS | Illinois Carnegie Libraries MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 00000953[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 24, 2000 |
The Jacksonville Public Library is a Carnegie library located at 201 West College Avenue in Jacksonville, Illinois. The library was built in 1902 to house the city's library program, which began in 1870. Chicago architects Patton & Miller designed the Classical Revival building. The building still houses the city's public library and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
History
[edit]Jacksonville began its library program in 1870, but the library did not have a permanent home for its first three decades. The original program was a members-only program based out of the county courthouse. A free reading room opened in 1874, and the City of Jacksonville took control of the library in 1881; at this time, it was relocated to the city's YMCA. The library moved to a larger space in a building on South Main Street in 1897, but by this point it was growing fast enough to need a separate building. Lawyer L. O. Vaught petitioned Andrew Carnegie for a donation to build a library in 1901; the Carnegie Foundation gave the city $40,000 for a building. The library was built in 1902 and opened to the public in February of the following year.[2]
The library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 24, 2000.[1] The building was expanded in the 1990s and continues to house the city's library.[3]
Architecture
[edit]Chicago architects Patton & Miller, who designed over 80 library buildings, designed the library. The two-story library has a Classical Revival design and a cross-shaped plan, the preferred library plan of Carnegie's secretary James Bertram. A portico supported by four Corinthian columns covers the front entrance; the front door features glass sidelights and transoms. A dentillated and bracketed pediment tops the entrance, and a dentillated cornice runs along the library's roof line. Double pilasters mark each corner of the building.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Goldasich, Michael R. (January 10, 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Jacksonville Public Library" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
- ^ "Library History". Jacksonville Public Library. Archived from the original on January 7, 2014. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
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