Greensburg Carnegie Public Library

Greensburg Carnegie Public Library

Greensburg Carnegie Public Library, November 2010
Location 114 N. Michigan Ave., Greensburg, Indiana
Coordinates 39°20′23″N 85°29′9″W / 39.33972°N 85.48583°W / 39.33972; -85.48583Coordinates: 39°20′23″N 85°29′9″W / 39.33972°N 85.48583°W / 39.33972; -85.48583
Area less than one acre
Built 1904 (1904)
Architect Harris, William; Shopbell, Clifford, et al.
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP Reference # 95000701[1]
Added to NRHP June 9, 1995

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.[2]:5–6, 9

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]

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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 2015-08-01. Note: This includes Van P. Batterton and Paul Diebold (February 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Greensburg Carnegie Public Library" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-08-01. and Accompanying photographs.


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