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Indiana Harbor Public Library

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
05001014

Architectural style
  
American Craftsman

Built
  
1913 (1913)

Opened
  
1913

Added to NRHP
  
15 September 2005

Indiana Harbor Public Library

Location
  
3605 Grand Ave., East Chicago, Indiana

Similar
  
Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal, Deam Lake State Recreatio, Ameristar Casino East Chic, Lake Michigan

Indiana Harbor Public Library, also known as Grand Boulevard Carnegie Library, is a historic Carnegie library located at 3605 Grand Avenue in East Chicago, Lake County, Indiana. It was built in 1913, and is a one-story, Arts and Crafts style brick building on a raised basement. An addition was constructed in 1931. The building has a clay tile hipped roof and an entry porch supported by square brick columns. The building was constructed with a $20,000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation. The building serves as the home of the East Chicago Academy of Visual and Performing Arts.

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

References

Indiana Harbor Public Library Wikipedia