Indiana Harbor Public Library

	Indiana Harbor Public Library
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	3605 Grand Blvd., East Chicago, Indiana
Coordinates	41°38′51″N 87°26′56″W / 41.64750°N 87.44889°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1913
Architect	Robinson, Argyle E.
Architectural style	Bungalow/craftsman
NRHP reference No.	05001014
Added to NRHP	September 15, 2005

Indiana Harbor Public Library, also known as Grand Boulevard Carnegie Library, is a historic Carnegie library located at 3605 Grand Boulevard in East Chicago, Lake County, Indiana. It was built in 1913, and is a one-story, Arts and Crafts style brick building on a raised basement. An addition was constructed in 1931. The building has a clay tile hipped roof and an entry porch supported by square brick columns. The building was constructed with a $20,000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation.^[2]^: 5–6

The library was abandoned in 1983, and its interior woodwork plundered.^[3] The property was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.^[1] Since 2005, efforts have been made by the City of East Chicago Department of Redevelopment and the Carnegie Performing Arts Association to save the building and begin a $4-million renovation.^[3]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-05-01. Note: This includes Christopher Baas (March 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Indiana Harbor Public Library" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.
^ ^a ^b "East Chicago Academy of Visual and Performing Arts". City of East Chicago Department of Redevelopment. Retrieved 10 March 2018.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[SHAARD-2] "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-05-01. Note: This includes Christopher Baas (March 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Indiana Harbor Public Library" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.

[Redevelopment-3] "East Chicago Academy of Visual and Performing Arts". City of East Chicago Department of Redevelopment. Retrieved 10 March 2018.

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