Monroe Carnegie Library

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250 E 6th St, Bloomington, IN 47408, USA

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N39° 10' 3" W86° 31' 54"   (39.1675, -86.531666666667) Start navigation »

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Monroe Carnegie Library, also known as Old Monroe Carnegie Library, is a historic Carnegie library located at Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana. It was built in 1917, and is a one-story, rectangular, Neoclassical style limestone building on a raised basement. The building measures approximately 50 feet by 40 feet, and has a two-story concrete block addition built in 1955. It features arched windows and a projecting arched entryway topped by a pagoda style roof. It was constructed with a $31,000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
The Monroe County Public Library vacated the building in 1970; by 1978 and through the 1980s it was used by various nonprofits. Since 1994, the former library houses the Monroe County Historical Society.

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