Thorntown Public Library

Thorntown Public Library
Thorntown Public Library, September 2011
Location124 N. Market St., Thorntown, Indiana
Coordinates40°7′50″N 86°36′22″W / 40.13056°N 86.60611°W / 40.13056; -86.60611
Arealess than one acre
Built1914 (1914)-1915
ArchitectParker, Wilson B.
NRHP reference No.86002708[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 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]

The Thorntown Public Library today is one of three public libraries in Boone County.[3]

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 July 1, 2015. Note: This includes Mary Ann Mathews (April 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Thorntown Public Library" (PDF). Retrieved July 1, 2015. and Accompanying photographs.
  3. ^ "Libraries in Boone County, Indiana". Boone County Community Network. Retrieved March 4, 2018.