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Eckhart Library, Auburn, Indiana, 1925

LIB367012Founding: The library was founded in 1912 through the philanthropy of businessman Charles Eckhart. He was a prominent figure in Auburn and a partner in the Eckhart Carriage Company, which later became part of the Auburn Automobile Company.Charles Eckhart's Contribution: Charles Eckhart bequeathed funds in his will to establish a public library for the citizens of Auburn. His generous donation provided the initial financial support to create the library.

Warsaw IN, Warsaw And Wayne Township, Public Library, Indiana, 1958

Public Library, Anderson, Indiana, 1908

Angola, Indiana, Tri State College, University Library

Terre Haute In, Indiana, Emeline Fairbanks Memorial Library, 1939

Emeline Fairbanks Memorial Library is located in Terre Haute, Indiana. It was built in 1906 by the Modern Construction Company of Terre Haute. The building is in the Beaux Arts architectural style. The Emeline Fairbanks Memorial Library played an important role in Coca-Cola history. Wikipedia

Carnegie Library, Greencastle, Indiana, 1905

Carnegie Library,New Albany, Indiana

LIB353175 The Carnegie Center for Art & History, within the Downtown Historic District of New Albany, Indiana, is a contemporary art gallery and local history museum. The building was initially built as a Carnegie Library, first opened on March 2, 1904, with 11,125 total books. It is of Beaux-Arts architecture style. It was used as a library until 1969, when the new New Albany-Floyd County Public Library was built.

Carnegie Library,New Albany, Indiana

LIB353175 The Carnegie Center for Art & History, within the Downtown Historic District of New Albany, Indiana, is a contemporary art gallery and local history museum. The building was initially built as a Carnegie Library, first opened on March 2, 1904, with 11,125 total books. It is of Beaux-Arts architecture style. It was used as a library until 1969, when the new New Albany-Floyd County Public Library was built.

Public Library, Morgan City, Indiana

LIB738285 The Morgan City Public Library began in 1934 as a Women's Club project. The club attained funding and space from the City of Morgan City. Donations were solicited from the citizens, and a library was opened in the one hundred block of Everett Street on Thanksgiving afternoon of 1934.

Library, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, 1911

LIB715798 Earlham has its roots in the Great Migration of Quakers from the eastern United States, especially from North Carolina, in the first half of the nineteenth century. A peculiarly Quaker combination of idealism and practicality drew them to the Northwest Territory. As Friends, those who came out of the South had found themselves increasingly uneasy living in a slave society. As small farmers, the abundance of cheap, fertile land made Ohio and Indiana magnets of migration.

Morrison Reeve's Library, Richmond, Indiana, 1905

Carnegie Library, Lebanon, Indiana

Public Library, Hammond, Indiana

1910, Library, Kokomo, Indiana

1910, Carnegie Library, Delphi, Indiana

Public Library, Gary, Indiana

Carnegie Library, Monticello, Indiana

[LIB11281] - Now a county historical society.

Carnegie Library, Winamac, Indiana

[LIB11280] - The Winamac Public Library was opened in 1905, in a small reading room in downtown Winamac. In 1915, the Library was awarded a grant from the Carnegie Corporation to finance the construction of a new library facility located at 121 S. Riverside Dr. in Winamac.

Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana

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Library, Indianapolis, Indiana

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Public Library, Liberty, Indiana

[LIB11238] - The Carnegie Library building in Liberty, Indiana continues serving as a public library for the community.

1908, Library, Alexandria, Indiana

[LIB11225] - Located at 117 E. Church St., the library was built in 1902 and donated to the community by Andrew Carnegie. [Website]

1950, Public Library, Griffith, Indiana

1908 Carnegie Public Library, Columbus, Indiana

[LIB11138] The building has been demolished.

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