The Louis J. Bailey Branch Library is a historic Carnegie library building located at Gary, Indiana. It was built in 1918, and is a one-story, Colonial Revival style brick building on a raised basement. It has a slate gable roof and projecting entrance block with Corinthian order pilasters. The building was constructed with a $25,000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation. Beginning in 1919, it housed the Gary International Institute in the building's basement. The branch closed about 1963[why?].[2]: 5, 9, 12, 14
Louis J. Bailey Branch Library-Gary International Institute | |
 Louis J. Bailey Branch Library, November 2013 | |
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| Location | 1501 W. Madison St., Gary, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 41°35′15″N 87°20′28″W / 41.58750°N 87.34111°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1918 |
| Built by | Marcellus Gerometta |
| Architect | Frank A. Wickes |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 04001102[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 29, 2004 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004 as the Louis J. Bailey Branch Library-Gary International Institute.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-05-01. Note: This includes Christopher Baas (May 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Louis J. Bailey Branch Library-Gary International Institute" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.