Indianapolis Public Library Branch No. 6

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| name = Indianapolis Public Library Branch No. 6

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| image = Spades Park Branch.JPG

| caption = Spades Park Branch, December 2015

| location= 1801 Nowland Ave., Indianapolis, Indiana

| coordinates = {{coord|39|47|06|N|86|07|45|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = USA Indianapolis#Indiana#USA

| built = {{Start date|1911}}-1912

| architect = Parker, Wilson B.

| architecture =Renaissance Revival, Craftsman, Arts and Crafts

| added = March 15, 2016

| area = Less than {{convert|1|acre}}

| refnum = 16000078{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20160325.htm|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|date=2016-03-25|work=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 3/14/16 through 3/18/16 |publisher=National Park Service}}

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Indianapolis Public Library Branch No. 6, also known as Spades Park Library (Carnegie), is a historic Carnegie library located in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was built in 1911–1912, and is a two-story, L-shaped, Italian Renaissance style masonry building on a raised basement. It has a terra cotta tile hipped roof, decorative brickwork, limestone accents, and elements of American Craftsman and Arts and Crafts style decorative elements. 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.{{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| access-date = 2016-08-01}} Note: This includes {{cite web| url =https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/a06cc/N/IN_Marion_County_Indianapolis_Public_Library_Branch_No._6.pdf| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Indianapolis Public Library Branch No. 6| access-date = 2016-08-01| author=Holly A. Tate and Raluca Filimon |format = PDF| date=December 2015}}, [https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/a06ce/N/IN_Marion_County_Indianapolis_Public_Library_Branch_No._6_sketch_maps.pdf Site map], and Accompanying photographs{{rp|4}} The library remains in operation as the Spades Park Branch of the Indianapolis Public Library.{{cite web | url=http://www.indypl.org/locations | title=Locations & Hours | publisher=Indianapolis Public Library | access-date=10 March 2018}}

The Spades Library underwent an extensive restoration in 1987.{{cite web | url=http://www.indypl.org/locations/spadespark/ | title=Spades Park Branch | publisher=Indianapolis Public Library | access-date=10 March 2018}} It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.