Indianola Carnegie Library

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| name = Indianola Carnegie Library

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| image = Indianola Carnegie Library Iowa 2019-2185.jpg

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| location = 106 W. Boston Ave.
Indianola, Iowa

| coordinates = {{coord|41|21|45.4|N|93|33|43.1|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Iowa#USA

| area = less than one acre

| built = 1904

| builder = G.W. James

| architect = Beymer & Keith

| architecture = Classical Revival

| added = September 5, 2017

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| refnum = 100001568{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/weekly-list-2017-national-register-of-historic-places.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Program: Weekly List|date=2017-09-08|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2017-12-02}}

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The Indianola Carnegie Library is a historic building located in Indianola, Iowa, United States. In November 1902 the local library board submitted a grant application to Andrew Carnegie so they could build a new building. The $10,000 grant was approved on January 13, 1903, and $2,000 was added at a later date.{{cite web|url=https://dsps.lib.uiowa.edu/clip/library/indianola/|title=Carnegie Libraries of Iowa Project-Indianola Public Library|accessdate=2017-12-02|publisher=University of Iowa|author=}} The Indianola City Council agreed to allocate $1,000 a year toward its upkeep.{{cite news|url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/local/indianola/2017/03/28/pasttimes-indianola-got-carnegie-library/99742556/|title=PastTimes: How Indianola got its Carnegie (Library)|newspaper=The Des Moines Register|location=Des Moines|accessdate=2017-12-02|author=Elodie Opstad}} They also bought two lots at the corner of Buxton and Boston. One of the lots was owned by the family of Hannah Babb, the city librarian. Local architect Frederick W. Keith designed the brick Neoclassical structure, and it was built by G.W. James. The library eventually outgrew the building and it was replaced in 1984. The Des Moines Metro Opera has their offices in the old Carnegie building. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.