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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