Monroe Carnegie Library


Monroe Carnegie Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Monroe Carnegie Library, March 2010
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Location	200 E. 6th St., Bloomington, Indiana
Coordinates	39°10′3″N 86°31′54″W / 39.16750°N 86.53167°W / 39.16750; -86.53167Coordinates: 39°10′3″N 86°31′54″W / 39.16750°N 86.53167°W / 39.16750; -86.53167
Area	less than one acre
Built	1917 (1917)
Architect	Parker, Wilson B.; Weaver, John M.
Architectural style	Classical Revival, Neo-Classical
NRHP Reference #	78000025^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 8, 1978

Monroe Carnegie Library, also known as Old Monroe Carnegie Library, is a historic Carnegie library located at Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana. It was built in 1917, and is a one-story, rectangular, Neoclassical style limestone building on a raised basement. The building measures approximately 50 feet by 40 feet, and has a two-story concrete block addition built in 1955. It features arched windows and a projecting arched entryway topped by a pagoda style roof. It was constructed with a $31,000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation.^[2]^:2–3 The building houses a local history museum.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.^[1]

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1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-05-01. Note: This includes Bruce Tone and Dana D'Esopo (April 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Monroe Carnegie Library" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
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National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, Indiana
Historic districts	Bloomington West Side Historic District Courthouse Square Historic District Ellettsville Downtown Historic District Maple Grove Road Rural Historic District North Washington Street Historic District Prospect Hill Historic District Steele Dunning Historic District Stinesville Commercial Historic District University Courts Historic District Vinegar Hill Historic District
Other properties	Elias Abel House Blair-Dunning House Bloomington City Hall Cantol Wax Company Building Coca-Cola Bottling Company Plant Cochran-Helton-Lindley House Ennis Archaeological Site (12 OW 229) Epsilon II Archeological Site (12MO133) Hinkle-Garton Farmstead Home Laundry Company Honey Creek School Illinois Central Railroad Freight Depot Johnson's Creamery Kappa V Archeological Site (12MO301) Legg House Leroy Mayfield House Millen House Joseph Mitchell House Monroe Carnegie Library Monroe County Courthouse Morgan House J.L. Nichols House and Studio The Old Crescent Princess Theatre Second Baptist Church Secrest Ferry Bridge Seminary Square Park Daniel Stout House Wicks Building Woolery Stone Company Andrew Wylie House
Formerly listed	St. John's Lutheran Church
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Monroe County, Indiana and List of National Historic Landmarks in Indiana

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