Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 89000239 Architectural style Neoclassical architecture | Built 1914 Opened 1914 Added to NRHP 3 April 1989 | |
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Location 622 S. Fifth St., Covington, Indiana | ||
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, Fountain County, Indiana. It was built in 1913-1914 by C[harles] 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. The building was renovated and a new addition was added in 1995.
The Carnegie Corporation of New York awarded $10,000 to build the library in 1913. It is among 164 public libraries (and 2 academic libraries) that the Carnegie Corporation endowed in Indiana. It opened in 1914.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.