Built 1909 (1909)-1911 Added to NRHP 15 March 2016 | NRHP Reference # 16000077 | |
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Location 2822 E. Washington St., Indianapolis, Indiana Area Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha) Architectural style Tudor Revival architecture People also search for The Devonshire, Delaware Court | ||
Indianapolis Public Library Branch No. 3, also known as East Washington Library, is a historic Carnegie library located in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was built between 1909 and 1911, and is a one-story, rectangular, Tudor Revival style dark red brick building on a raised basement. It has a truncated hipped roof behind a castellated parapet, and features terra cotta details and two hooded monk sculptures by Alexander Sangernebo. It was one of five libraries constructed from the $120,000 the Carnegie Foundation gave the city of Indianapolis in 1909 to be used towards the construction of six branch libraries.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. The library was closed for renovation in 2016 and reopened in February 2017. The $2.4 million renovations included an addition at the rear of building that included a 2,200-square-foot (200 m2) computer room and an elevator to make the library compliant with the American Disabilities Act (the last branch in the library system to become compliant). The project also created community space in the basement and updated the restrooms.