Union City Public Library Explained

Union City Public Library
Location:408 N. Columbia St., Union City, Indiana
Coordinates:40.2017°N -84.8083°W
Architect:Wright and Duncan firm, of Anderson, Indiana; Building Contractor: Steele, J.M, of Union City, Indiana
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:June 22, 2004
Refnum:04000631

Union City Public Library is a historic Carnegie library building located at Union City, Randolph County, Indiana. A grant request application was sent to Andrew Carnegie in the Fall of 1903, announcement for the approval of the grant was received in Union City in early December 1903, construction bids were taken in early 1904, ground was broken and foundation construction was started in early June 1904, and the building was completed and the library's collection installed in May, 1905, in time for a public grand opening and celebration held on June 8, 1905. The structure, of which the final design was approved by Carnegie, is a Classical Revival style Indiana limestone building with an upper main floor, and a former basement storage area which has been converted over for a youth services library and programing. Its design features a wooden pediment supported by four Corinthian order limestone columns and a wood balustrade. Its construction was funded by a $10,000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation.[1]

This building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004, and still contains an active public library, one of five library systems in Randolph County.[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. 2016-06-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Union City Public Library. 2016-06-01. Catherine R. Compton, Russell W. Archer, and Ellen Thackery. PDF. November 2003. and Accompanying photographs.
  2. Web site: Indiana public library directory . Indiana State Library . 17 March 2018.