Marker text: MONROE COUNTY'S CARNEGIE LIBRARY
One of 1, 679 libraries built in U.S. with funds from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Indiana built more Carnegie libraries than any other state. Building listed in National Register of Historic Places 1978. Monroe County Historical Society and Museum refurbished and occupied building 1980.
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Installed 2007 Indiana Historical Bureau and Monroe County Public Library Foundation