8th and Washington Sts., Shelbyville, Kentucky. County/parish: Shelby.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 12, 1985. NRIS 85001253.
Part of Shelbyville MRA (NRIS 64000254).
1 contributing building.
The Shelby County Public Library, formerly the Carnegie Public Library, in Shelbyville, Kentucky, United States, is a Carnegie library which was built in 1903. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
The first public library in Shelbyville was created by the local women's club in 1899. A board member corresponded with Andrew Carnegie leading to a grant of $10,000 for the construction of this building.
It has an octagonal dome, and it has been deemed the best local example of Romanesque Revival architecture.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123848425