Thorntown Public Library
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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Thorntown Public Library
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| image = Thorntown Public Library front and northern side.jpg
| caption = Thorntown Public Library, September 2011
| location = 124 N. Market St., Thorntown, Indiana
| coordinates = {{coord|40|7|50|N|86|36|22|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = USA Indiana Boone County#Indiana#USA
| built = {{Start date|1914}}-1915
| architect = Parker, Wilson B.
| added = September 22, 1986
| area = less than one acre
| refnum = 86002708{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
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Thorntown Public Library is a historic Carnegie library located at Thorntown, Boone County, Indiana. It was built in 1914–1915, and is a one-story, three-bay, brown brick building with a red clay tile hipped roof. It has a round arched entrance and limestone trim. Its construction was funded with $10,000 from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.{{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 = 2015-07-01}} Note: This includes {{cite web| url =https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/1fd74/N/Thorntown_Public_Library_Boone_CO_Nom.pdf | title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Thorntown Public Library | accessdate = 2015-07-01| author =Mary Ann Mathews | format = PDF| date=April 1986}} and Accompanying photographs.{{rp|2–3}}
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
The Thorntown Public Library today is one of three public libraries in Boone County.{{cite web | url=http://www.bccn.boone.in.us/bccn/Boone_County_Libraries.html | title=Libraries in Boone County, Indiana | publisher=Boone County Community Network | accessdate=4 March 2018}}
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External links
- [http://www.thorntownpl.org/ Thorntown Public Library website]
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{{National Register of Historic Places in Indiana}}
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Category:Carnegie libraries in Indiana
Category:Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
Category:Library buildings completed in 1915
Category:Buildings and structures in Boone County, Indiana
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Boone County, Indiana
Category:Public libraries in Indiana
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