Modern Federal · Libraries

The 1900 Sedalia Public Library building, one of hundreds of "Carnegie Libraries" built with funds donated by industrialist Andrew Carnegie around the turn from the 19th to 20th centuries

Missouri · 1850–1939

The 1900 Sedalia Public Library building, one of hundreds of "Carnegie Libraries" built with funds donated by industrialist Andrew Carnegie around the turn from the 19th to 20th centuries, Missouri, 1850–1939
The 1900 Sedalia Public Library building, one of hundreds of "Carnegie Libraries" built with funds donated by industrialist Andrew Carnegie around the turn from the 19th to 20th centuries, Missouri, 1850–1939. Libraries — Modern Federal Architecture, from the Library of Congress record.

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