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The Indiana State Library and Historical Bureau is a public library building, located in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is the largest public library in the state of Indiana, housing over 60,000 manuscripts. Established in 1934, the library has gathered a large collection of books on a vast variety of topics.
Indianapolis Public Library Branch No. 6, also known as Spades Park Library (Carnegie), is a historic Carnegie library located in Indianapolis, Indiana.It was built in 1911–1912, and is a two-story, L-shaped, Italian Renaissance style masonry building on a raised basement.
Opened 1918, the only Colonial Revival-style Carnegie library in Indiana 56: Gas City Gas City: Jan 2, 1913: $12,500 135 E. Main St. Has an addition and is still used as the public library. (February 2011) 57: Goshen: Goshen: Jan 15, 1901: $25,000 202 N. 5th St. Open 1903–1968, now city hall 58: Grandview Grandview: Sep 14, 1917: $8,000 403 ...
Bill Frazier (born November 8, 1936) is an American farmer and politician from the state of Indiana. A member of the Republican Party , he represented the 14th district in the Indiana Senate from 1968 to 1970.
The library was closed for renovation in 2016 and reopened in February 2017. The $2.4 million renovations included an addition at the rear of building that included a 2,200-square-foot (200 m 2) computer room and an elevator to make the library compliant with the American Disabilities Act, the last branch in the library system to become ...
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Memorial Presbyterian Church (ca. 1873), the site of Rev. Edson's sermon ignited the movement for a public library in Indianapolis. The Indianapolis Public Library system attributes its beginnings to a Thanksgiving Day, 1868, sermon by Hanford A. Edson, pastor of the Memorial Presbyterian Church (which would later become Second Presbyterian Church), who issued a plea for a free public library ...
The Indiana State Library Carvings are a series of bas-relief limestone panels. Located beneath the cornice line on the east side of the building, ten square relief panels depict the founding and growth of the state of Indiana. The first panel, the Explorer, illustrates La Salle at portage between the St. Joseph and Kankakee Rivers.