Thorntown Public Library

United States historic place


Thorntown Public Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Thorntown Public Library, September 2011
40°7′50″N 86°36′22″W / 40.13056°N 86.60611°W / 40.13056; -86.60611
Area	less than one acre
Built	1914 (1914)-1915
Architect	Parker, Wilson B.
NRHP reference No.	86002708^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 22, 1986

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.^[2]^: 2–3

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.^[1]

The Thorntown Public Library today is one of three public libraries in Boone County.^[3]

References

^ ^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 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.
^ "Libraries in Boone County, Indiana". Boone County Community Network. Retrieved 4 March 2018.