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126: 134: 29: 160:. Warder had wanted the site for a new city hall, but the city council chose a site between Spring and Pearl on the north side of Market Street for the city hall, and named the park after Warder as a gesture of goodwill. A 184:, a nationally respected architect in the firm of Clarke & Loomis Architecture, with the cornerstone being set on September 19, 1903. Loomis was a native of Jeffersonville. The building once held classes for 256:
by sculptor Guy Tedesco. The 900-pound statue was commissioned for the Jeffersonville town bicentennial and for the "Falls of the Ohio" signature event to mark the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial.
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The Carnegie Library opened October 25, 2006 after a 4 million dollar renovation for the Remnant Trust and also included a
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on Court Avenue. This park has been a part of the community since the mid-19th century, when it had a bakery to produce
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In 2002/2003 the park was cleared and renovations started. This included a ten-foot-tall cast bronze figure of
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The gazebo located in the middle of the parks field holds concerts during the summer. The local newspaper
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Carnegie Library, Jeffersonville, Indiana (USA) - Carnegie Library Buildings on Waymarking.com
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The building will eventually hold an extensive collection of titles, including:
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The Carnegie Library was one of the early Carnegie libraries funded in
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The old Jeffersonville post office, located in the park
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Jeffersonville, Indiana
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38°16′30″N 85°44′32″W / 38.275032°N 85.742161°W / 38.275032; -85.742161


Jeffersonville, Indiana
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American Civil War
Luther Warder
Carnegie Library
Indiana
Andrew Carnegie
Arthur Loomis
Indiana University Southeast
the Remnant Trust
Frederick Douglass
Magna Carta
Lewis and Clark
Missouri River
bas-relief
Lorenzo Ghiglieri
Thomas Jefferson
The Evening News
Old Jeffersonville Historic District
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Jeffersonville Parks and Recreation
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