Louisiana Public Library

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Louisiana Public Library

| nrhp_type = cp|nocat=yes

| image = LA MO Library.JPG

| caption = Louisiana Public Library, July 2010

| location= 121 N. 3rd St., Louisiana, Missouri

| coordinates={{coord|39|27|2|N|91|2|51|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Missouri#USA

| built = {{Start date|1905}}

| builder = Edward Ward

| architect = Mauran, Russell & Garden

| architecture = Late Gothic Revival

| added = April 12, 1996

| area = less than one acre

| refnum = 96000401{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

Louisiana Public Library is a historic Carnegie library building located at Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri. It was designed by the architectural firm Mauran, Russell & Garden and built in 1905. It is a one-story, Late Gothic Revival style rock-faced, cut limestone building on a partially exposed basement. It measures approximately 50 feet by 40 feet and features a front arched doorway with batten doors, eyebrow windows, and stepped parapet. It was constructed with a $10,000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation.{{cite web| url =http://dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/96000401.pdf| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Louisiana Public Library | accessdate = 2017-02-01| author=Rachel Mancini |format = PDF| date=September 1995|publisher=Missouri Department of Natural Resources}} (includes 10 photographs from 1995){{rp|5, 9}}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. It is located in the North Third Street Historic District.

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