Louis J. Bailey Branch Library

Louis J. Bailey Branch Library-Gary International Institute
Louis J. Bailey Branch Library, November 2013
Location1501 W. Madison St.,
Gary, Indiana
Coordinates41°35′15″N 87°20′28″W / 41.58750°N 87.34111°W / 41.58750; -87.34111
Arealess than one acre
Built1918 (1918)
Built byMarcellus Gerometta
ArchitectFrank A. Wickes
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.04001102[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 29, 2004

The Louis J. Bailey Branch Library is a historic Carnegie library building located at Gary, Indiana. It was built in 1918, and is a one-story, Colonial Revival style brick building on a raised basement. It has a slate gable roof and projecting entrance block with Corinthian order pilasters. The building was constructed with a $25,000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation. Beginning in 1919, it housed the Gary International Institute in the building's basement. The branch closed about 1963.[2]: 5, 9, 12, 14 

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004 as the Louis J. Bailey Branch Library-Gary International Institute.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved May 1, 2016. Note: This includes Christopher Baas (May 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Louis J. Bailey Branch Library-Gary International Institute" (PDF). Retrieved May 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs.