Roann-Paw Paw Township Public Library is a historic Carnegie library building located at Roann,

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. It was built in 1916, and is a one-story, rectangular, American Craftsman style brick building over a semi-recessed basement. It has a hipped roof of clay tile and wooden eave brackets. The building feature two enclosed entries and

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detailing. It was built in part with an $8,000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs It was listed on the

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in 2002. It is located in the

Roann Historic District Roann Historic District is a national historic district located at Roann and Paw Paw Township, Wabash County, Indiana. It encompasses 117 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 1 contributing structure in the central business distr ...

. The Roann-Paw Paw Township Public Library remains an active lending library; it is one of three public library systems in Wabash County.

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Library website
Carnegie libraries in Indiana Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Bungalow architecture in Indiana Library buildings completed in 1916 Buildings and structures in Wabash County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Wabash County, Indiana {{WabashCountyIN-NRHP-stub