Louis J. Bailey Branch Library Explained

Louis J. Bailey Branch Library-Gary International Institute
Location:1501 W. Madison St.,
Gary, Indiana
Coordinates:41.5875°N -87.3411°W
Architect:Frank A. Wickes
Builder:Marcellus Gerometta
Architecture:Colonial Revival
Added:September 29, 2004
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:04001102

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.[1]

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

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