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Monroe Carnegie Library, also known as Old Monroe Carnegie Library, is a historic Carnegie library located at Bloomington,
Monroe County, Indiana Monroe County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. In 1910 the US Census Bureau calculated the nation's mean population center to lie in Monroe County. The population was 137,974 at the 2010 United States Census. The county seat is Bloomin ...
. It was built in 1917, and is a one-story, rectangular, Neoclassical style
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building on a raised basement.  The Monroe County History Center is a history museum the historic library building that was established as a Carnegie library. The museum is located on the site of Center School in the former Bloomington Public Library building. The library building is now home to the Monroe County Historical Society, their collection of artifacts, and their Genealogy Library. A historical marker is present at the site. The History Center is located at 202 East 6th Street. It is a tourist attraction. The building measures approximately 50 feet by 40 feet, and has a two-story
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addition built in 1955. It features arched windows and a projecting arched entryway topped by a
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style roof. It was constructed with a $31,000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs. 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 ...
in 1978. The Monroe County Public Library vacated the building in 1970; by 1978 and through the 1980s it was used by various nonprofits. On April 27, 1985 Glenn Danzig's
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band Samhain (band) performed there during their
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tour. Since 1994, the former library houses the Monroe County Historical Society.


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Carnegie libraries in Indiana History museums in Indiana Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Neoclassical architecture in Indiana Library buildings completed in 1917 Buildings and structures in Bloomington, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, Indiana {{MonroeCountyIN-NRHP-stub