North Manchester Public Library
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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Old North Manchester Public Library
| nrhp_type =
| image = North Manchester Public Library.jpg
| caption = North Manchester Public Library, May 2012
| location = 204 W. Main St., North Manchester, Indiana
| coordinates = {{coord|40|59|58|N|85|46|20|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Indiana#USA
| built = {{Start date|1912}}
| architect = Miller, Grant C.
| architecture = Bungalow/craftsman
| added = March 14, 1996
| area = less than one acre
| refnum = 96000290{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
}}
Old North Manchester Public Library is a historic Carnegie library building located at North Manchester, Wabash County, Indiana. It was built in 1912, and is a two-story, rectangular, American Craftsman style dark red brick building over a basement. It has a low-pitched side gable roof of red Spanish tile and wide overhanging eaves. The building corners feature massive piers with sloping sides. It was built in part with a $10,000 donation 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/21af1/N/North_Manchester_Public_Library_Wabash_CO_Nom.pdf| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: North Manchester Public Library| accessdate = 2016-07-01| author=Nancy L. Hanson|format = PDF| date=November 1995}} and Accompanying photographs{{rp|5, 8}}
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. The building no longer contains a public library; since the 1990s, it is owned by a private law firm.{{cite web | url=http://www.nman.lib.in.us/history.html | title=History | publisher=North Manchester Public Library | accessdate=15 March 2018}} The "new" North Manchester Public Library is located at 405 North Market Street.{{cite web | url=http://www.nman.lib.in.us/contact.html | title=Contact us | publisher=North Manchester Public Library | accessdate=15 March 2018}}
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External links
- {{HABS |survey=IN-152 |id=in0085 |title=North Manchester Public Library, Main Street, North Manchester, Wabash County, IN|dwgs=6}}
{{National Register of Historic Places in Indiana}}
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Category:Carnegie libraries in Indiana
Category:Historic American Buildings Survey in Indiana
Category:Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
Category:Bungalow architecture in Indiana
Category:Library buildings completed in 1912
Category:Buildings and structures in Wabash County, Indiana
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Wabash County, Indiana
Category:1912 establishments in Indiana
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