Goshen's Carnegie Library
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N 41° 35.087 W 085° 49.973
16T E 597284 N 4604334
In the state with the most Carnegie libraries, Goshen built the first.
Waymark Code: WMC3HR
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 07/20/2011
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Side one:
Indiana's first Carnegie library opened here 1903 with 3, 000 volumes. Goshen Library Association received $25, 000 in Carnegie grants 1901. Public donations, land purchase, and tax levy met Carnegie grant conditions. Architects Patton & Miller, Chicago, designed Beaux-Arts style structure. Library moved 1968; commercial and nonprofit uses followed.
Side two:
Listed in National Register of Historic Places 1983. Renovated building reopened 2001 housing city offices. Original features of decorative marble, fireplaces, and domed rotunda retained. One of 1, 679 libraries built in U.S. with funds from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Indiana built more Carnegie libraries than any other state.
County: Elkhart
Year Placed: 2003
Name: Goshen's Carnegie Library
ID#: 20.2003.1
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