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Rolla Public Library

900 Pine St., Rolla, MO
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The Rolla Public Library was the US Post Office from 1915-1965. It took about a year and a half to construct the building starting in September of 1913. After the Post office moved out the building became occupied by the Rolla Free Public Library. In 2017 the library turned what was just some busted up concrete and an old rusty book return box into a pocket park between the old library and the children's library next door.

The long wall of the children's library on the side of the pocket park became the canvas for this cool mural. The mural was designed by Kent Bagnall, owner of Kent's Jewelry (located across the street). The Rolla Technical Institute's auto body class reconditioned the book deposit box and Rolla High School art teacher, Shannon Engelbrecht, and her some of her students painted the mural with Bagnall's help.

In 2013 Kent Bagnall had Craig Thomas from Cape Girardeau paint this mural on the side of his jewelry store across the street from the library.

Photo(s) 2018