Modern Federal · Libraries

The 1902 marble, neoclassical-style public library in Carthage, Missouri, is one of hundreds of "Carnegie Libraries" across America funded by businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in the early 1900s

Carthage · 1850–1939

The 1902 marble, neoclassical-style public library in Carthage, Missouri, is one of hundreds of "Carnegie Libraries" across America funded by businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in the early 1900s, Carthage, 1850–1939
The 1902 marble, neoclassical-style public library in Carthage, Missouri, is one of hundreds of "Carnegie Libraries" across America funded by businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in the early 1900s, Carthage, 1850–1939. Libraries — Modern Federal Architecture, from the Library of Congress record.

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