Thorntown Public Library

Thorntown Public Library

Thorntown Public Library, September 2011
Location 124 N. Market St., Thorntown, Indiana
Coordinates 40°7′50″N 86°36′22″W / 40.13056°N 86.60611°W / 40.13056; -86.60611Coordinates: 40°7′50″N 86°36′22″W / 40.13056°N 86.60611°W / 40.13056; -86.60611
Area less than one acre
Built 1914 (1914)-1915
Architect Parker, Wilson B.
NRHP Reference # 86002708[1]
Added to NRHP September 22, 1986

Thorntown Public Library is a historic Carnegie library located at Thorntown, Boone County, Indiana. It was built in 1914-1915, and is a one-story, three bay, brown brick building with a red clay tile hipped roof. It has a round arched entrance and limestone trim. Its construction was funded with $10,000 from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.[2]:2–3

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[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 2015-07-01. Note: This includes Mary Ann Mathews (April 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Thorntown Public Library" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-07-01. and Accompanying photographs.
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