Monroe Carnegie Library

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| name = Monroe Carnegie Library

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| image = Monroe Carnegie Library front and side, Bloomington.jpg

| caption = Monroe Carnegie Library, March 2010

| location = 200 E. 6th St., Bloomington, Indiana

| coordinates = {{coord|39|10|3|N|86|31|54|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Indiana#USA

| built = {{Start date|1917}}

| architect = Parker, Wilson B. Parker; John M. Weaver

| architecture = Classical Revival, Neo-Classical

| added = March 8, 1978

| area = less than one acre

| refnum = 78000025{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

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Monroe Carnegie Library, also known as Old Monroe Carnegie Library, is a historic Carnegie library located at Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana. It was built in 1917, and is a one-story, rectangular, Neoclassical style limestone building on a raised basement.  The Monroe County History Center is a history museum the historic library building that was established as a Carnegie library.{{cite web|url=http://www.bloomingtonvolunteernetwork.org/agency/detail/?agency_id=59997|title=Monroe County History Center - City of Bloomington Volunteer Network|website=www.bloomingtonvolunteernetwork.org}} The museum is located on the site of Center School in the former Bloomington Public Library building.{{cite web|url=https://monroehistory.org/brief-history/|title=Our History – Monroe County History Center|website=monroehistory.org|date=2 October 2015}} The library building is now home to the Monroe County Historical Society, their collection of artifacts, and their Genealogy Library.{{Cite web|url=https://mcpl.info/resources/monroe-county-history-center|title = Monroe County History Center|date = 23 March 2016}} A historical marker is present at the site.{{cite web|url=https://www.in.gov/history/markers/525.htm|title=IHB: Monroe County's Carnegie Library|website=www.in.gov|date=7 December 2020}} The History Center is located at 202 East 6th Street. It is a tourist attraction.{{cite web|url=https://www.visitbloomington.com/listing/monroe-county-history-center/173/|title=Monroe County History Center|website=www.visitbloomington.com}}

The building measures approximately 50 feet by 40 feet, and has a two-story concrete block addition built in 1955. It features arched windows and a projecting arched entryway topped by a pagoda style roof. It was constructed with a $31,000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation.{{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 = 2016-05-01}} Note: This includes {{cite web| url =https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/1d196/N/Old_Monroe_CO_Library_Nom.pdf| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Monroe Carnegie Library| accessdate = 2016-05-01| author=Bruce Tone and Dana D'Esopo| date=April 1977}} and Accompanying photographs.{{rp|2–3}} It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

The Monroe County Public Library vacated the building in 1970; by 1978 and through the 1980s it was used by various nonprofits. On April 27, 1985 Glenn Danzig's Deathrock band Samhain (band) performed there during their Unholy Passion EP tour. Since 1994, the former library houses the Monroe County Historical Society.{{cite web | url=http://monroehistory.org/brief-history/ | title=Our History | date=2 October 2015 | publisher=Monroe County Historical Society | accessdate=10 March 2018}}