Greensburg Carnegie Public Library

Greensburg Carnegie Public Library

Greensburg Carnegie Public Library, November 2010
Location 114 N. Michigan Ave., Greensburg, Indiana
Coordinates 39°20′23″N 85°29′9″W / 39.33972°N 85.48583°W / 39.33972; -85.48583Coordinates: 39°20′23″N 85°29′9″W / 39.33972°N 85.48583°W / 39.33972; -85.48583
Area less than one acre
Built 1904 (1904)
Architect Harris, William; Shopbell, Clifford, et al.
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP Reference # 95000701[1]
Added to NRHP June 9, 1995

Greensburg Carnegie Public Library, also known as Greensburg City Hall, is a historic Carnegie library located at Greensburg, Decatur County, Indiana. It was built in 1904, and is a one-story, cruciform plan, tan brick building in the Classical Revival style. It is topped by a red terra cotta tiled gable roof and central drum and saucer dome. It features a projecting front portico supported by paired Ionic order columns. Its construction and furnishing was funded by a $15,000 grant provided by Andrew Carnegie.[2]:5–6, 9

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2015-08-01. Note: This includes Van P. Batterton and Paul Diebold (February 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Greensburg Carnegie Public Library" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-08-01. and Accompanying photographs.


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