The West Lebanon-Pike Township Public Library in

West Lebanon, Indiana West Lebanon is a town in Pike Township, Warren County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 723 at the 2010 census. History West Lebanon was laid out and platted in the fall of 1830 by Ebenezer Purviance, John G. Jemison and Andrew ...

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, is a Carnegie library serving southwestern

Warren County Warren County is the name of fourteen counties in the USA. Some are named after General Joseph Warren, who was killed in the Battle of Bunker Hill in the American Revolutionary War: * Warren County, Georgia * Warren County, Illinois * Warren County ...

. Its original brick-and-limestone building was constructed in 1916 using a $7,500 gift from

Andrew Carnegie Andrew Carnegie (, ; November 25, 1835August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest Americans i ...

. A $610,000 renovation in 2006 added of floor space, plus better access for handicapped patrons, more shelf space and a multi-purpose children's activity room. The library's collection contains approximately 12,000 books.

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West Lebanon-Pike Township Public Library

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