Colfax Carnegie Library | |
Location: | 207 S. Clark St., Colfax, Indiana |
Coordinates: | 40.1933°N -86.6661°W |
Built: | 1917 |
Architect: | Gill and Gill; Graham, Donald, et al. |
Architecture: | Classical Revival |
Added: | March 17, 1994 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Refnum: | 94000230 |
The Colfax Carnegie Library, also known as Colfax Public Library, is a historic Carnegie library located at Colfax, Clinton County, Indiana. It was built in 1917, and is a -story, Classical Revival style brick building on a raised basement. It features a red terra cotta style hipped roof and decorative frieze. It was built in part with $9,000 provided by the Carnegie Foundation.[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. The historic Carnegie library remains in operation today as a public library; its name has been changed to "Colfax-Perry Township Public Library" to accurately represent its wider service area.[2]