Goodnow Library

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]

Goodnow Library
Goodnow Library: Sudbury, Massachusetts
Location21 Concord Rd., Sudbury, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°21′47″N 71°25′2″W
Built1862
ArchitectJoseph R. Richards, et al.
Architectural styleRomanesque, Octagon Mode
NRHP reference No.02000549 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 22, 2002

On May 22, 2002, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1]

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