The best resource I had found on this topic was the Indiana State Library's Carnegie Library page.
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1901 Carnegie grant. Still in use.
1911 grant. Replaced, 1968. And now for something completely different as a current function:
The Triangle National Fraternity headquarters.
Please don't tell me they hold any keggers here.
B.H. Grimes postcard, possibly a Curt Teich product. However, the reverse is unevenly divided. Mailed in 1913, confirming the card date as close to the construction date.
1901 grant. Razed and replaced. Was land that dear?
1901 grant. Demolished.
(L) Highly religious Mae sent this card in 1909. Notice the unusual plantings,
which include elephant ear plants. Mae also sent another Portland library postcard later
that year (not shown).
(R) The fact that this is an entire back card makes me a
little forgiving of Josephine Shuey. Mailed just a little more than a century ago, this card shows horticultural works in
progress and a hand-colored sky.
(Especially if the hand was anoxic.)
The publisher was O.L. Hall, 'The Bookman,' Portland, Ind.:
the printer, Sol-Art Prints by the Rotograph Company of New York.
The card was physically produced in Germany.
(R) New view by Wayne Paper Box & Printing of Ft. Wayne. The Clear View series has silver- colored borders and monochrome pictures.
Early 1904 grant, per Bobinski's Carnegie Libraries (1969). Proudly still in use.
1903 grant, per Bobinski's Carnegie Libraries (1969). Appears to still be in use.
1903 grant, per the Waymarking site and Bobinski. Outmoded in 1992. Still in use as the Carnegie Center.
Bully for Rensselaer!
Card published by H.G. Zimmerman & Co. of Chicago.
1913 grant, per Bobinski's Carnegie Libraries (1969). Still in use, although it looks much smaller on its web page than it does on the 'Black and White' brand card.
Late 1904 grant: subsequently replaced.
The fate of the Carnegie building is unknown to me.
Rochester's library is now part of the
Fulton County Public Library.
Card came from the Rochester Bazaar, but may be a C.U. Williams 'Photo-ette.'
1914 grant. Still in use.
Pretty, but somewhat plain building.
Photo postcard mailed from a stop on a 1936 cross-country trip.
1909 card from an unknown publisher.
Still in use as the Salem-Washington Township Public Library, and looking swell.
1917 grant.
It looks as if the old building is still in use with a large addition.
The entrance to this building is, well, odd. The peaked lintel is embedded in a section of some type of vitreous tile or glass. It looks miniaturized as a result.
Seymour's most prominent son: John Mellencamp.
1903 Carnegie grant, per Bobinski.
The library is now part of the Jackson County Public Library, and is still in service.
(L) 1929 Curt Teich 'American Art Colored' card, mailed in 1932.
(R) 'Litho-Chrome' card, printed in Germany.
1901 Carnegie grant.
Still in use, with an inharmonious addition, as the Shelbyville -
Shelby County Library.
(L) This Dexter Press card probably dates from the late 1940s or early 1950s. Many of these chrome postcards scan poorly at a practical resolution.
(R) The older 'Litho-Chrome' brand card is a slight improvement.
Still in use,
more or less
as is.
Wowza!
It's now known as the Sullivan County Public Library. The county district is unusual in that it encompasses the 1903 Sullivan Carnegie building and the 1917 Merom building, plus the Carlisle building.
1917 Carnegie grant: building finally opened in 1921. It doesn't look as if a dime
was wasted on any frills.
Although the library's website gives details of its early history, it doesn't
say whether the Carnegie building is still in use.
This is an Auburn Post Card.
Another late grant (1916).
Heavily remodeled in 1967 and 1982.
Replaced in 2002. Now the Perry County Historical Society.
Delightfully detailed Curt Teich card. Notice the retaining walls. I believe that the building behind was a school.
Tipton, Iowa's Carnegie grant came only three months after this March, 1902 grant.
Damaged structurally (the
library does not say how) in 1981 and
replaced.
Lithochrome card with message dated in September, 1921. The building strongly resembled the Carnegie building in Hoopeston, Illinois.
1903 grant. Still in use, per Waymarking.
(L) Early monochrome card from the Illustrated Post Card Company of New York.
(R) Commercialchrome card with a divided back.
Odd mashup of Italianate and Prairie styles.
1906 grant, per Bobinski. 1911 grant, per the Porter County Public Library System 's history page. Building replaced in 1984. Status unknown.
'Commercialchrome' card mailed late 1921.
1901 grant.
Noted for its stained glass dome. 8,500 sq. ft. addition in 1972.
(L) Clear View brand postcard whose photo quality lives up to the name.
(R) E.C. Kropp glossy card. There's a small detail of a pile of junk in front of the shed
on the right, in the background.
(L) Not a radical difference in this card, except for the charming mother and son in the
foreground. At first this looks like a Tuck's card, but it came from Hugh C. Leighton.
(R) Attractive card resembles a cyanotype.
1916 grant. The library took over Masonic Temple property in 1987 for its future (1996-1998) expansion. Very few traces of the original, Italianate/Prairie building remain.
E.C. Kropp card uses a name not seen on the Library's history page.
1901 grant.
Proud of
its 107+ years of use. Heavily (but attractively)
remodeled.
(L) Early self-framed card, with an unevenly divided back. Mailed in 1909.
(R) Gilbert card for B.H. Grimes. There is a fountain on the left of the card.
1913 grant. Still in use. Now known as the Waterloo-Grant Public Library.
(L) Auburn Post Cards always show their subject with warts and all. As a state highway (now known as 427), South Wayne Street was a little bit lacking. The electric pole is blazed instead of a road sign,
likely dating the photograph to pre-1926.
(R) This comes from the Globe Card Company, based in Fort Wayne, and looking suspiciously like a Clear View card with different font, brand (Gloss Tone), and white border.
I have no words. This is an amazing
library building. Built in 1905, it stands on land
donated by the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, aka. Amoco, now known as bp.
Architect Paul Moratz certainly made
his mark on Indiana as well as Illinois and Wisconsin.
(L) Behold a Curt Teich 'C.T. Art-Colortone' card, which is unbelievably less
colorful than the original building.
(R) An older P.L. Huckins card shows much more detail.
1911 grant. The library's history
page states that the grant was received in 1914, and the building opened in 1916. It was remodeled in 1983 and 1997.
Anyway, it's still in use as the Pulaski County Public Library.
Other iterations include:
1953: Winamac-Monroe Public Library
1965: Pulaski County Public Library
Grogan Photo Company, of Danville, Il, photo card. The style of awnings is mid-century. If the name is correct as 'Winamac Library,' the card likely dates between the late 1940s and 1953.
1906 grant.
Not quite as spectacular as the Winchester, Illinois Carnegie library building, but quite pleasing in its own right.
Another 'Commercialchrome' card.
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