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.
To help celebrate women’s history month, 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.
Please attend the next Noblestories program at 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 29 at Preservation Hall, 1274 Logan St. The Noblesville Preservation Alliance recently purchased the former Logan Street Sanctuary and is committed to scheduling community-oriented programming. The hall is also available to the public for rent.
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 live on Hamilton County TV and available for viewing afterward at noblesvillepreservation.com.
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.