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.^[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]

Goodnow Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Goodnow Library: Sudbury, Massachusetts
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Location	21 Concord Rd., Sudbury, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°21′47″N 71°25′2″W
Built	1862
Architect	Joseph R. Richards, et al.
Architectural style	Romanesque, Octagon Mode
NRHP reference No.	02000549 [1]
Added to NRHP	May 22, 2002

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

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts