The Louis J. Bailey Branch Library is a historic Carnegie library building located at

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. It was built in 1918, and is a one-story,

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style brick building on a raised basement. It has a

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gable roof and projecting entrance block with

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s. 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. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs. It was listed on the

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in 2004 as the Louis J. Bailey Branch Library-Gary International Institute.

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