Monday, October 5, 2009

Public Library, Logansport, Indiana

[LIB3703]

1901 --Arrangements were completed with Mr. Andrew Carnegie for $35,000 to build a new library building
Aug. 1, 1904 --Work completed on new building made of Indiana Bedford stone in a classic style of architecture. The library had 14,500 volumes and loaned 30,000 volumes annually.

Inscribed over the windows: Emerson; St. Paul; Homer, and Shakespeare.

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