Old Mishawaka Carnegie Library

Mishawaka Carnegie Library

Mishawaka Carnegie Library, July 2013
Location 122 North Hill, Mishawaka, Indiana
Coordinates 41°39′41″N 86°11′4″W / 41.66139°N 86.18444°W / 41.66139; -86.18444Coordinates: 41°39′41″N 86°11′4″W / 41.66139°N 86.18444°W / 41.66139; -86.18444
Area less than one acre
Built 1916 (1916)
Architect Wickes, A.F.; et.al.
Architectural style Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Jacobethan Revival
NRHP Reference # 98001048[1]
Added to NRHP August 14, 1998

Old Mishawaka Carnegie Library is a historic Carnegie library located at Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, Indiana. It was built in 1916, and is a one-story, Jacobethan Revival style, oriental brick building with terra cotta embellishments. It features a projecting entrance portico with limestone columns. An addition was constructed by the Works Progress Administration in 1937. It was built with a $30,000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation.[2]:5-6, 8, 11

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[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 2016-06-01. Note: This includes Adrian Scott Fine (November 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mishawaka Carnegie Library" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-06-01. and Accompanying photographs


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