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 December 2, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
- ^ “Sudbury History”. Sudbury Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
- ^ “Floor plan of present library showing octagon”. Archived from the original on December 17, 2007. Retrieved June 27, 2008.
External links
- Goodnow Library website
- Goodnow Library gallery Archived January 13, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- Etching of the octagon library ca. 1888
