Converse-Jackson Township Public Library

Converse-Jackson Township Public Library

Converse-Jackson Township Public Library, January 2010
Location 100 S. Jefferson St., Converse, Indiana
Coordinates 40°34′39″N 85°52′26″W / 40.57750°N 85.87389°W / 40.57750; -85.87389Coordinates: 40°34′39″N 85°52′26″W / 40.57750°N 85.87389°W / 40.57750; -85.87389
Area less than one acre
Built 1918 (1918)
Architect Bowstead, H.G.
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP Reference # 99000298[1]
Added to NRHP March 12, 1999

Converse-Jackson Township Public Library is a historic Carnegie library building located at Converse, Miami County, Indiana. It was built in 1918, as a one=story, Classical Revival style brick and masonry building on a raised basement. It has a low-sloped roof surrounded by a parapet and features an entry flanked by two Doric order limestone columns. It was built with a $9,000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation.[2]:5

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-05-01. Note: This includes Troy D. Thompson (June 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Converse-Jackson Township Public Library" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.


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