Monroe Carnegie Library

Monroe Carnegie Library
Monroe Carnegie Library, March 2010
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 It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

The Monroe County Public Library vacated the building in 1970; by 1978 and through the 1980s it was used by various nonprofits. Since 1994, the former library houses the Monroe County Historical Society.[3]

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 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.
  3. ↑ "Our History". Monroe County Historical Society. Retrieved 10 March 2018.


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