Jeffersonville, Indiana

==== Construction of the Carnegie Library ====
[[File:Carnegie Library Jeffersonville.jpg|thumb|Frontal view of the [[Carnegie library|Carnegie Library]] in [[Warder Park]], Jeffersonville]]
On December 17, 1900, Jeffersonville officially opened a new [[Jeffersonville Township Public Library]] in a room above the Citizens National Bank. 1400 books formed the initial collection. Soon, the [[Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching|Carnegie Foundation]] donated $16,000 for the construction of a new library building - a [[Beaux-Arts architecture|beaux arts]], copper-domed landmark. The building was designed by Jeffersonville [[architect]] [[Arthur Loomis]]. Masonic officials laid the building's cornerstone on September 19, 1903, in [[Warder Park]].<ref name="Nokes-2002" /> When the [[Carnegie library|Carnegie Library]] opened in 1905, it contained 3,869 volumes. Whereas in later years grants from the Carnegie Foundation were scaled back to prevent the construction of lavish libraries, the library in Warder Park was relatively ornate.<ref>{{Cite web|last=THOMAS|first=LARRY|title=Jeffersonville celebrates rebirth of Carnegie Library|url=https://www.newsandtribune.com/news/jeffersonville-celebrates-rebirth-of-carnegie-library/article_8a073a5f-714b-530a-b51e-0340af3d4c76.html|access-date=October 8, 2021|website=News and Tribune|date=October 26, 2006|language=en|archive-date=October 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008171314/https://www.newsandtribune.com/news/jeffersonville-celebrates-rebirth-of-carnegie-library/article_8a073a5f-714b-530a-b51e-0340af3d4c76.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Due to the [[Ohio River flood of 1937|Ohio River Flood of 1937]], the library suffered a near total loss of its collection. However, it reopened in November 1937 thanks to months of work and donations of money and books.<ref name="Nokes-2002" />