Greensburg Carnegie Public Library Explained

Greensburg Carnegie Public Library
Location:114 N. Michigan Ave., Greensburg, Indiana
Coordinates:39.3397°N -85.4858°W
Architect:Harris, William; Shopbell, Clifford, et al.
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:June 9, 1995
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:95000701

Greensburg Carnegie Public Library, also known as Greensburg City Hall, is a historic Carnegie library located at Greensburg, Decatur County, Indiana. It was built in 1904, and is a one-story, cruciform plan, tan brick building in the Classical Revival style. It is topped by a red terra cotta tiled gable roof and central drum and saucer dome. It features a projecting front portico supported by paired Ionic order columns. Its construction and furnishing was funded by a $15,000 grant provided by Andrew Carnegie.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

The library operates today under the name Greensburg-Decatur County Public Library.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) . Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology . Searchable database. 2015-08-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Greensburg Carnegie Public Library . 2015-08-01. Van P. Batterton and Paul Diebold. PDF. February 1994. and Accompanying photographs.
  2. Web site: Indiana public library directory . Indiana State Library . 7 March 2018 . 18 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170218220414/http://in.gov/library/files/countyindex13.pdf . dead .