Goshen Carnegie Public Library

Goshen Carnegie Public Library

Goshen Carnegie Public Library, July 2012
Location 202 N. 5th St., Goshen, Indiana
Coordinates 41°35′6″N 85°49′58″W / 41.58500°N 85.83278°W / 41.58500; -85.83278Coordinates: 41°35′6″N 85°49′58″W / 41.58500°N 85.83278°W / 41.58500; -85.83278
Area less than one acre
Built 1901 (1901)
Architect Patton, Fisher, & Miller of Chicago
Architectural style Beaux Arts
NRHP Reference # 83000028[1]
Added to NRHP February 17, 1983

Goshen Carnegie Public Library, also known as the Goshen Public Library, is a historic Carnegie library located at Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana. It was built in 1901, and is a 1 1/2-story, Beaux-Arts style building clad in Bedford limestone. It has a red tile roof and projecting entrance pavilion with two Tuscan order columns. Its construction was funded with $25,000 provided by the Carnegie Foundation.[2]:2–3 The building houses the Goshen City Hall.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Staff (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 2015-10-01. Note: This includes Terry Herschberger (January 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Goshen Carnegie Public Library" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-10-01. and Accompanying photographs.


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