Scott County's Carnegie Library Historical

Scott County's Carnegie Library Historical (HM1VLO)

Location: Scottsburg, IN 47170 Scott County
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 41.085', W 85° 46.226'

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Side AScott County Board of Commissioners appointed a library board 1917 in response to citizen petitions for a public library. Library board sought Carnegie grant for funding assistance. locally $7,500 was raised; Carnegie grant of $12,500 was added. Library opened and had 4,453 volumes in 1921.Side B
Structure of brick and limestone designed by Clifford Shopbell & Co. in Renaissance Revival style; 1986 addition designed by Pecsok, Jelliffe, Randall & Nice. One of 1,679 libraries built in U.S. with funds from Philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Indiana build more Carnegie libraries that any other state.
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HM NumberHM1VLO
Series This marker is part of the Carnegie Libraries series
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Year Placed2002
Placed ByIndiana Historical Bureau, Preservation Alliance, Inc., and Scoutt County Community Foundation
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Thursday, November 10th, 2016 at 9:06am PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 606942 N 4282511
Decimal Degrees38.68475000, -85.77043333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 41.085', W 85° 46.226'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 41' 5.1" N, 85° 46' 13.56" W
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Area Code(s)812
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1-63 W Wardell St, Scottsburg IN 47170, US
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