The Carnegie Library of Covington, also known as Covington Public Library, is a historic
Carnegie library located at the corner of Fifth and Crockett Streets (622 S. Fifth St.),
Covington, Indiana. It was built in 1913-1914 by Charles] A. Brown and is a one-story, rectangular brick building in the
Neoclassical architecture, Neoclassical style. It has a low-pitched hipped roof, and the front facade features a one-story projecting pedimented
portico
A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cult ...
.
[ ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs.] The building was renovated, and a new addition was added in 1995.
The
Carnegie Corporation of New York
The Carnegie Corporation of New York is a philanthropic fund established by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to support education programs across the United States, and later the world. Carnegie Corporation has endowed or otherwise helped to establis ...
awarded $10,000 to build the library in 1913. It is among 164 public libraries (and two academic libraries) that the Carnegie Corporation endowed in Indiana. It opened in 1914.
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1989.
[
The library remains in operation today as a branch of the Covington-Veedersburg Public Library.]
See also
* List of Carnegie libraries in Indiana
References
External links
Covington-Veedersburg Public Library
Carnegie libraries in Indiana
Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
Neoclassical architecture in Indiana
Library buildings completed in 1914
Buildings and structures in Fountain County, Indiana
National Register of Historic Places in Fountain County, Indiana
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