Plainfield's first Public Library building (Plainfield, Indiana)

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Plainfield's first public library facility opened June 4, 1901, in rented rooms at 120 East Main Stree in Plainfield. A group of private citizens, incorporated as the Plainfield Library Association, gathered 414 gift books for public use. Coal oil lamps lit the Reading Room at night.

By January 27, 1904, the book collection numbered 1,278 and the library reopened in a new frame building at 130 North Vine Street. The $1,500 structure was financed by personal subscriptions from Association members, gifts of local business people and the profits from minstrel shows.

On January 27, 1913, the library moved into the Carnegie building at 120 South Center Street.

Now a private residence
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Coordinates:   39°42'14"N   86°24'9"W
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