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Central Library is the main branch of the Indianapolis Public Library in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Central Library opened to the public on October 8, 1917. [ 2 ] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Central Library (Indianapolis–Marion County Public Library) on August 28, 1975.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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Monumental design and formal planning of spaces are hallmarks of the style. The Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse inspired Beaux-Arts designs for other public buildings in Indianapolis, including Indianapolis City Hall (1910), the Indianapolis Public Library (1917), and buildings in the Indiana World War Memorial Plaza (dedicated in 1927).
Indianapolis elected seven new faces to the 25-member City-County Council on Nov. 7, one Republican and six Democrats, who will be sworn in Jan. 1.
The 169,000-square-foot building contained a 5,500-square-foot library, a 240-seat auditorium, a 4,200-square-foot gallery space, several computer labs, four galleries, and 70 art and design studios. It is also celebrated as the unification of all IUPUI schools in one location.