Eckhart Public Library and Park

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Eckhart Public Library and Park

| nrhp_type =

| image = Eckhart Public Library.jpg

| caption = Eckhart Public Library, May 2012

| location = 603 S. Jackson St., Auburn, Indiana

| coordinates = {{coord|41|21|50|N|85|03|27|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Indiana#USA

| built = {{Start date|1911}}

| architect = Patton & Miller

| builder = Long, J. Perry

| architecture = Bungalow/craftsman

| added = November 20, 1981

| area = {{convert|1.5|acre}}

| refnum = 81000009{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

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Eckhart Public Library and Park is a historic library building and public park located at Auburn, DeKalb County, Indiana. The library was built in 1911, and is a two-story, glazed brick building with Bungalow / American Craftsman design elements. It has a gable roof, round arched windows, and sits on a raised basement faced with Bedford limestone. The library and park were donated by Charles Eckhart. Located in the park is a contributing fountain added in 1918.{{cite web| url = https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/welcome.html| title = Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) | publisher = Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology | format = Searchable database| accessdate = 2015-08-01}} Note: This includes {{cite web| url =https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/1ddca/N/Eckhart_Public_Library_and_park.pdf| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Eckhart Public Library and Park | accessdate = 2015-08-01| author = Mary Pifer Mountz| format = PDF| date=February 1981}} and Accompanying photographs.{{rp|2}}

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.

The Eckhart Public Library remains in operation today as one of four libraries serving Dekalb County.{{cite web | url=https://www.in.gov/library/files/countyindex13.pdf | title=Indiana public library directory | publisher=Indiana State Library | accessdate=7 March 2018 | archive-date=18 February 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218220414/http://in.gov/library/files/countyindex13.pdf | url-status=dead }}