Louis J. Bailey Branch Library
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Louis J. Bailey Branch Library, November 2013
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| Location | 1501 W. Madison St., Gary, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1918 |
| Built by | Marcellus Gerometta |
| Architect | Frank A. Wickes |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 04001102[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 29, 2004 |
The Louis J. Bailey Branch Library is a historic Carnegie library building located at Gary, Indiana. It was built in 1918, and is a one-story, Colonial Revival style brick building on a raised basement. It has a slate gable roof and projecting entrance block with Corinthian order pilasters. The building was constructed with a $25,000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation. Beginning in 1919, it housed the Gary International Institute in the building's basement. The branch closed about 1963.[2]:5, 9, 12, 14
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004 as the Louis J. Bailey Branch Library-Gary International Institute.[1]
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Categories:
- Carnegie libraries in Indiana
- Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
- Colonial Revival architecture in Indiana
- Buildings and structures completed in 1918
- Buildings and structures in Gary, Indiana
- National Register of Historic Places in Lake County, Indiana
- Indiana Registered Historic Place stubs
