Carnegie Library of Covington | |
Location: | 622 S. Fifth St., Covington, Indiana |
Coordinates: | 40.1406°N -87.3944°W |
Built: | 1914 |
Architect: | Liese & Ludwig |
Builder: | Charles A. Brown |
Architecture: | Classical Revival |
Added: | April 3, 1989 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Refnum: | 89000239 |
The Carnegie Library of Covington, also known as Covington Public Library, is a historic Carnegie library located at the corner of Fifth and Crockett Streets (622 S. Fifth St.), Covington, Indiana. It was built in 1913-1914 by Charles] A. Brown and is a one-story, rectangular brick building in the Neoclassical style. It has a low-pitched hipped roof, and the front facade features a one-story projecting pedimented portico.[1] The building was renovated, and a new addition was added in 1995.[2]
The Carnegie Corporation of New York awarded $10,000 to build the library in 1913. It is among 164 public libraries (and two academic libraries) that the Carnegie Corporation endowed in Indiana. It opened in 1914.[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
The library remains in operation today as a branch of the Covington-Veedersburg Public Library.[3]