Converse-Jackson Township Public Library | |
Location: | 100 S. Jefferson St., Converse, Indiana |
Coordinates: | 40.5775°N -85.8739°W |
Architect: | Bowstead, H.G. |
Architecture: | Classical Revival |
Added: | March 12, 1999 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Refnum: | 99000298 |
Converse-Jackson Township Public Library is a historic Carnegie library building located at Converse, Miami County, Indiana. It was built in 1918, as a one-story, Classical Revival style brick and masonry building on a raised basement. It has a low-sloped roof surrounded by a parapet and features an entry flanked by two Doric order limestone columns. It was built with a $9,000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation.[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. The Converse-Jackson Township Public Library remains in operation as one of two active public libraries in Miami County.[2] The current library director is Purdue University graduate Andrew Horner of nearby Amboy.