Scott County's Carnegie Library
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N 38° 41.085 W 085° 46.225
16S E 606944 N 4282511
Located at West Wardell Street and South Main Street, Scottsburg
Waymark Code: WM181AQ
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 05/08/2023
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Scott County Board of Commissioners appointed a library board 1917 in response to citizen petitions for a public library. Library board sought Carnegie grant for funding assistance. locally $7,500 was raised; Carnegie grant of $12,500 was added. Library opened and had 4,453 volumes in 1921.
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Structure of brick and limestone designed by Clifford Shopbell & Co. in Renaissance Revival style; 1986 addition designed by Pecsok, Jelliffe, Randall & Nice. One of 1,679 libraries built in U.S. with funds from Philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Indiana built more Carnegie libraries that any other state.
County: Scott County
Year Placed: 2002
Name: Scott County's Carnegie Library
ID#: 72.2002.1
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