Bolivar Public Library

	Bolivar Public Library
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Bolivar Public Library, October 2012
	Bolivar Public Library Bolivar Public Library
Location	120 E. Jackson St., Bolivar, Missouri
Coordinates	37°36′48″N 93°24′37″W / 37.61333°N 93.41028°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1915
Architect	Heckenlively, J.J.
Architectural style	Carnegie Classical
NRHP reference No.	03000652
Added to NRHP	July 17, 2003

Bolivar Public Library, also known as the Carnegie Library of Bolivar and Polk County Genealogical Society Library, is a historic Carnegie library located at Bolivar, Polk County, Missouri. It was built in 1915, and is a 1 1/2- to two-story, rectangular, brick building with Classical Revival style design elements. It has a flat roof and three bay front facade with an elaborate center entranceway and large side window bays. It features intact terra cotta and tooled limestone ornamentation. It was funded by an $8,000 Carnegie grant from the Carnegie Foundation.^[2]^: 5, 11 The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.^[1]

The building no longer contains a public library. Since 2001, it has housed the offices of the Polk County Genealogical Society.^[3] The Polk County Library now operates the Bolivar Main Branch library at 1690 W. Broadway in Bolivar.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Debbie Sheals (March 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination: Bolivar Public Library" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-02-01. (includes 12 photographs from 2003)
^ "History". Polk County Genealogical Society. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
^ "About us". Polk County Library. Archived from the original on 18 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[DNR-2] Debbie Sheals (March 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination: Bolivar Public Library" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-02-01. (includes 12 photographs from 2003)

[3] "History". Polk County Genealogical Society. Retrieved 18 March 2018.

[4] "About us". Polk County Library. Archived from the original on 18 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.

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