{"nrhp_refnum":"93000892","name":"Pickerington Carnegie Library","other_names":["Pickerington Public Library","Fai-190-1"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"15 W. Columbus St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pickerington","county":"Fairfield County","state":"OH","lat":39.883844133000025,"lon":-82.75351290799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-09-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small red brick Carnegie-funded public library at 15 West Columbus Street in Pickerington, Fairfield County, Ohio, completed in June 1916 and designed by A.D. Matheny.","why_significant":"The nomination argues significance under Criterion A in Social History as a local example of Andrew Carnegie's library philanthropy combined with local efforts to provide free public education. Pickerington was one of the smallest communities in the nation to receive a Carnegie library grant. The building is also a very good example of the standardized plan promoted by Carnegie's secretary James Bertram and illustrates the late phases of the program.","narrative":"Pickerington Carnegie Library is a small public library at 15 West Columbus Street in Pickerington, Ohio. Built of Flemish bond red brick with a flat roof, it shows Tudor or Jacobean Revival touches, including a shallow Tudor arch over the entrance, stylized quoins, a stepped parapet and limestone trim. A limestone plaque above the oak double doors reads \"Carnegie Public Library.\" Inside, a central delivery desk sits between reading and research areas, and the lower level is a single room used as a children's library. The library board chose A.D. Matheny as architect, and J.D. Van Gundy received the construction contract. Andrew Carnegie's program awarded $10,000 in 1912, when the village was one of the smallest communities in the nation to receive such a grant. The grant request relied on the population of Violet Township to meet the program's size requirement. Completed in June 1916, the building closely follows the standard plan Carnegie's secretary James Bertram promoted and reflects the late phase of the library program.","period_of_significance":"1916-1943","architect_builder":"Matheny, A.D.; Van Grundy, J.D. (text gives J.D. Van Gundy)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals/Tudor Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"The building still serves as a library, and the form says it stands without change, with an unaltered interior.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.245719-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/93000892.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000892/00cc41ec76-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000892/00cc41ec76-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wdzinc","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pickerington_Carnegie_Library.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Wdzinc</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pickerington_Carnegie_Library.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988249","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137802818"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/fairfield-county/pickerington-carnegie-library-93000892/"}