Louis J. Bailey Branch Library

Louis J. Bailey Branch Library-Gary International Institute
Louis J. Bailey Branch Library, November 2013
Location 1501 W. Madison St.,
Gary, Indiana
Coordinates 41°35′15″N 87°20′28″W / 41.58750°N 87.34111°W / 41.58750; -87.34111Coordinates: 41°35′15″N 87°20′28″W / 41.58750°N 87.34111°W / 41.58750; -87.34111
Area less than one acre
Built 1918 (1918)
Built by Marcellus Gerometta
Architect Frank A. Wickes
Architectural style Colonial Revival
NRHP reference # 04001102[1]
Added to NRHP September 29, 2004

The Louis J. Bailey Branch Library is a historic Carnegie library building located at Gary, Indiana. It was built in 1918, and is a one-story, Colonial Revival style brick building on a raised basement. It has a slate gable roof and projecting entrance block with Corinthian order pilasters. The building was constructed with a $25,000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation. Beginning in 1919, it housed the Gary International Institute in the building's basement. The branch closed about 1963.[2]:5, 9, 12, 14

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004 as the Louis J. Bailey Branch Library-Gary International Institute.[1]

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 2016-05-01. Note: This includes Christopher Baas (May 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Louis J. Bailey Branch Library-Gary International Institute" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.


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