Monticello Carnegie Library

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Monticello Carnegie Library

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| image = Monticello Carnegie Library.jpg

| caption = Monticello Carnegie Library, June 2013

| location = 101 S. Bluff St., Monticello, Indiana

| coordinates = {{coord|40|44|41|N|86|45|37|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Indiana#USA

| built = {{Start date and age|1907}},
{{start date and age|1957}}
(2nd story added)

| architect = Kendrick, Charles E.

| architecture = Classical Revival

| added = June 25, 2013

| area = less than one acre

| refnum = 13000428{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/weekly-list-2013-national-register-of-historic-places.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|date=2013-07-05|work=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 6/24/13 through 6/28/13 |publisher=National Park Service}}

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Monticello Carnegie Library, also known as the White County Historical Society, is a former library in the historic Carnegie library building located at Monticello, White County, Indiana. It was built in 1907, and is a two-story, Classical Revival style buff brick building on a raised basement. It features a large limestone entrance portico and full round arched window openings. A two-story addition was built in 1957. The original building was constructed with a $10,000 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 = 2016-07-01}} Note: This includes {{cite web| url =https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/5a472/N/Monticello_Carnegie_Library.pdf| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Monticello Carnegie Library| accessdate = 2016-07-01| author=Kurt West Garner| format = PDF| date=April 2012}} and Accompanying photographs{{rp|3}}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. The old Monticello Carnegie Library no longer contains a public library. It functions today as the offices of the White County Indiana Historical Society.{{cite web | url=http://white-county-history.org | title=Homepage | publisher=White County Indiana Historical Society | accessdate=15 March 2018}} The town's present public library is the Monticello-Union Township Public Library at 321 W. Broadway St.{{cite web | url=http://www.monticello.lib.in.us/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13&Itemid=17 | title=Location | publisher=Monticello-Union Twp Public Library | accessdate=15 March 2018}}

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