100 S. Jefferson St., Converse, Indiana. County/parish: Miami.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 12, 1999. NRIS 99000298.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
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.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132004160