Noblestories-The Carnegie Library

Noblesville didn’t get its Carnegie Library without a fight. As industrialist Andrew Carnegie was offering grants all over the nation for small towns to erect their own libraries, a dedicated group of women set themselves to the task of getting the grant and erecting a proper library in Noblesville. Hamilton County historian David Heighway will tell the story of how they did it. What’s left of the original library building is incorporated into the current City Hall.

Noblestories is free and open to the public, which is encouraged to participate with questions and commentary.

Noblestories is a program of the Noblesville Preservation Alliance that gives today’s residents a glimpse into Noblesville’s past. NPA is partnering with Hamilton County Television to present and preserve these memories to help inform and enrich the lives of current and future residents. The event is streamed livestreamed on Hamilton County TV and available for viewing afterward on this website.

This is the fifth in the series, which also presented memories of high school in the 1960’s, the Firestone plant, a promotional film of the city made back in the 1930’s and a glimpse of what life was like here in the 1890’s.