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Converse-Jackson Township Public Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Converse-Jackson Township Public Library, January 2010
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Location	100 S. Jefferson St., Converse, Indiana
Coordinates	40°34′39″N 85°52′26″W / 40.57750°N 85.87389°W / 40.57750; -85.87389
Area	less than one acre
Built	1918 (1918)
Architect	Bowstead, H.G.
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	99000298
Added to NRHP	March 12, 1999

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.

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. The current library director is Purdue University graduate Andrew Horner of nearby Amboy.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "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 Troy D. Thompson (June 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Converse-Jackson Township Public Library" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.
3. "Indiana public library directory" (PDF). Indiana State Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2018.

External links

• Library website

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