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Louis J. Bailey Branch Library-Gary International Institute
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Louis J. Bailey Branch Library, November 2013
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Location	1501 W. Madison St., Gary, Indiana
Coordinates	41°35′15″N 87°20′28″W / 41.58750°N 87.34111°W / 41.58750; -87.34111
Area	less than one acre
Built	1918 (1918)
Built by	Marcellus Gerometta
Architect	Frank A. Wickes
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	04001102
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.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004 as the Louis J. Bailey Branch Library-Gary International Institute.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
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 (May 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Louis J. Bailey Branch Library-Gary International Institute" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.

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