Library Branches Through History

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  1. 4. This branch opened in 1969 and was renamed Franklin Road when it opened in its new location in 2000.
  2. 5. This branch is the most recent addition to the Library, officially opening its doors in August of 2023.
  3. 7. This branch, whose building was originally a church, opened in a 1907. It was the first branch to leave the system when it closed in 1930.
  4. 8. Opened in the only Black high school in city in 1927, Lillian Childress Hall its first librarian. This branch was turned into a school library and no longer open to the public in 1959.
  5. 12. The 2nd branch of the Library and opening in 1896, this is the oldest remaining branch in the system.
  6. 14. This branch opened in 1911 and caused quite an uproar in its community when it closed in 1955. Patrons of this branch boycotted using other nearby branches for several years following its closing.
  7. 15. Opening in 1897, this branch originally was located “in the valley”, a spot endangered by flooding. Ironically when it got its own Carnegie building on higher ground in 1912 books had to be removed during the Flood of 1913 which caused water to come within half an inch of its shelves.
  8. 17. This branch opened in the Safeway Shopping center, now known as Eagledale, in 1960.
  9. 20. This branch, originally located in the Marwood Shopping center, was the first county branch added to the system when the Library began extending services to parts of Marion County outside of the IPS district lines.
  10. 23. Originally the Illinois Street Branch that opened in 1909 this branch was housed on what is now a part of The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis.
  11. 24. This branch opened in 1918 and was renamed in 2011 to reflect its location in the city’s first public park.
  12. 26. This regional branch which was recently updated, opened in 1969 and proudly serves Ben Davis High School and its surrounding community.
  13. 27. As the oldest remaining Carnegie branch, this branch opened in 1911. One of their most recognized features is the Book Gnomes that are part of the original exterior.
  14. 28. This branch was later named the College Avenue Branch in 2000 when it relocated in and is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2025.
  15. 29. This branch opened in 1974 and played a significant role in the closing of the Northeast Branch.
  16. 31. The only branch to start with a name, have a name change, and go back to its original name. This branch was also housed in the Bona Thompson Library until 1914.
  17. 33. Broad Ripple Branch, established in 1930, became this branch in 2000 which is also currently in the process of relocating.
  18. 34. This souththeast side regional branch also opened in 1967 and is located in one of the remaining independent parts of the city that escaped annexation during UNIGOV.
  19. 35. Originally named the Westlane Branch, this branch opened in 1967 as a part of the Library’s effort to extend services further out into the county. The branch got its current moniker in 2000 when the current building opened.
  20. 37. This branch opened in 1912 and is housed in the fourth and only other remaining Carnegie building left in the system.
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  1. 1. This northeast side regional branch opened in 1967 and is located in one of the remaining independent parts of the city that escaped annexation during UNIGOV.
  2. 2. The 3rd branch of the Library that also became the Fountain Square Branch in 1994. This branch had served its community for more than 100 years when it closed in 2020.
  3. 3. Started by McFadden in 1952 and managed by Gertrude Rhoades this traveling branch has often been used as a gage for where library services are needed throughout the city.
  4. 6. This branch opened in 1964 and was the only branch named after a direction. The branch closed in 1982, due to declines in use after the opening of the Warren Branch only 1.5 miles away in 1974.
  5. 9. This branch was the first new branch opened since 2000 and is one of three that opened as a result of the service gaps defined in the 2015-2020 IndyPL Strategic Plan.
  6. 10. The third and last Black branch named after a famous Black scientist and inventor, this branch opened in 1937 in School #87 and closed in 1950.
  7. 11. This branch was named after a grove of sugar maple trees and was located near a current golf course similarly named. The branch opened in 1922 and closed in 1955.
  8. 13. This branch which opened in 2021 was the recipient of the 2023 Green Building of the Year Award in the LEED for Building Design and Construction category.
  9. 16. This branch opened in 2000 and is the Library’s only location open in a Museum.
  10. 17. Now East 38th Street Branch, this branch opened in 1957 and was the first branch where Bookmobile service patterns were used to determine library service gaps and recommend the establishment of a branch.
  11. 18. The 1st branch of the Library, this branch opened in 1896 above a drugstore. It moved into a building designed by architect, Robert Daggett, in 1906 and closed in 1971.
  12. 19. This memorial branch was donated to the library in 1949 specifically for the use of young people. The branch closed in 1958 and the branch librarian, Dorothy Lawson, heads the newly created Young Adult Department at Central Library.
  13. 21. This branch was the first Black branch and opened in School #26 in 1922. The branch remained open to the public until 1967 when it reverted back to the school as a part of the separation between the Library and IPS.
  14. 22. This branch was housed in a long standing social services nonprofit organization off of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street from 1979 until it closed in 2018.
  15. 25. This branch has served its non-annexed community from 1951 when it opened in a storefront, until it joined IndyPL in 2016.
  16. 30. The original name of the branch that had a name change when it received its own building that opened in 2020. This branch has been serving its community since 1901.
  17. 32. The 4th branch of the library that was housed in the 5th Carnegie building and merged with the Prospect Branch in 1968.
  18. 36. This branch celebrated it’s 50th anniversary in 2021 and was made possible by a donation of land from Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Eiteljorg in 1968.