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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Thorntown Public Library

Thorntown Public Library is a historic Carnegie library located at Thorntown, Boone County, Indiana. It was built in 1914–1915, and is a one-story, three-bay, brown brick building with a red clay tile hipped roof. It has a round arched entrance and limestone trim. Its construction was funded with $10,000 from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

The Thorntown Public Library today is one of three public libraries in Boone County.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2015-07-01. Note: This includes Mary Ann Mathews (April 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Thorntown Public Library" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-07-01. and Accompanying photographs.
  3. ^ "Libraries in Boone County, Indiana". Boone County Community Network. Retrieved 4 March 2018.