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.
For the next Noblestories program, 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.
The Noblesville Preservation Alliance invites you to attend Noblestories at 4 p.m. on Sunday July 26 at Preservation Hall, 1274 Logan St. This is the new date for the program that was originally scheduled for late March, but was postponed as a result of coronavirus pandemic. For this program, NPA will require all attendees to wear face masks and the windows will be open at Preservation Hall.
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 live on Hamilton County TV and available for viewing afterward at noblesvillepreservation.com.
Noblestories is free and open to the public, which is encouraged to participate with questions and commentary. The Noblesville Preservation Alliance purchased the former Logan Street Sanctuary last year, and is committed to scheduling community-oriented programming. The hall is also available to the public for rent.
This is the fifth in the series, which also presented memories of high school in the 1960s, the Firestone plant, a promotional film of the city made back in the 1930s and a glimpse of what life was like here in the 1890s.