Union City Public Library is a historic Carnegie library building located at Union City, Randolph County, Indiana. A grant request application was sent to Andrew Carnegie in the Fall of 1903, announcement for the approval of the grant was received in Union City in early December 1903, construction bids were taken in early 1904, ground was broken and foundation construction was started in early June 1904, and the building was completed and the library's collection installed in May, 1905, in time for a public grand opening and celebration held on June 8, 1905. The structure, of which the final design was approved by Carnegie, is a Classical Revival style Indiana limestone building with an upper main floor, and a former basement storage area which has been converted over for a youth services library and programing. Its design features a wooden pediment supported by four Corinthian order limestone columns and a wood balustrade. Its construction was funded by a $10,000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation.[2]: 5, 11
Union City Public Library | |
 Union City Public Library, May 2010 | |
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| Location | 408 N. Columbia St., Union City, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 40°12′6″N 84°48′30″W / 40.20167°N 84.80833°W |
| Area | 1.8 acres (0.73 ha) |
| Built | 1904 |
| Architect | Wright and Duncan firm, of Anderson, Indiana; Building Contractor: Steele, J.M, of Union City, Indiana |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 04000631[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 22, 2004 |
This building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004,[1] and still contains an active public library, one of five library systems in Randolph County.[3]
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-06-01. Note: This includes Catherine R. Compton, Russell W. Archer, and Ellen Thackery (November 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Union City Public Library" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-06-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) and Accompanying photographs. - ^ "Indiana public library directory" (PDF). Indiana State Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2018.