Carnegie Library of Covington

United States historic place


Carnegie Library of Covington
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


40°8′26″N 87°23′40″W / 40.14056°N 87.39444°W / 40.14056; -87.39444
Area	less than one acre
Built	1914
Built by	Charles A. Brown
Architect	Liese & Ludwig
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	89000239^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 3, 1989

The Carnegie Library of Covington, also known as Covington Public Library, is a historic Carnegie library located at the corner of Fifth and Crockett Streets (622 S. Fifth St.), Covington, Indiana. It was built in 1913-1914 by Charles] A. Brown and is a one-story, rectangular brick building in the Neoclassical style. It has a low-pitched hipped roof, and the front facade features a one-story projecting pedimented portico.^[2]^: 2 The building was renovated, and a new addition was added in 1995.^[3]

The Carnegie Corporation of New York awarded $10,000 to build the library in 1913. It is among 164 public libraries (and two academic libraries) that the Carnegie Corporation endowed in Indiana. It opened in 1914.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.^[1]

The library remains in operation today as a branch of the Covington-Veedersburg Public Library.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2015-10-01. Note: This includes Nancy J. Wagner (June 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Carnegie Library of Covington" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-10-01. and Accompanying photographs.
^ “About Covington Public Library.” Covington-Veedersburg Public Library, n.d. http://www.c-vpl.org/cplabout.html
^ "Homepage". Covington-Veedersburg Public Library. Retrieved 7 March 2018.