Carnegie Library of Covington

The Carnegie Library of Covington, also known as Covington Public Library, is a historic Carnegie library located at the corner of Fifth and Crockett Streets (622 S. Fifth St.), Covington, Indiana. It was built in 1913-1914 by Charles] A. Brown and is a one-story, rectangular brick building in the Neoclassical style. It has a low-pitched hipped roof, and the front facade features a one-story projecting pedimented portico.^[2]: 2 The building was renovated, and a new addition was added in 1995.^[3]

Carnegie Library of Covington
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	622 S. Fifth St., Covington, Indiana
Coordinates	40°8′26″N 87°23′40″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1914
Built by	Charles A. Brown
Architect	Liese & Ludwig
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	89000239[1]
Added to NRHP	April 3, 1989

The Carnegie Corporation of New York awarded $10,000 to build the library in 1913. It is among 164 public libraries (and two academic libraries) that the Carnegie Corporation endowed in Indiana. It opened in 1914.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.^[1]

The library remains in operation today as a branch of the Covington-Veedersburg Public Library.^[4]

See also

• List of Carnegie libraries in Indiana