Hanover Library Grand Opening
It is finally here! Come join our celebration on Saturday, April 10, 2010 at 10 a.m. as the new Hanover-Jefferson County Public Library branch is unveiled.
Please visit us on Saturday for a day filled with fun and festivities. The library will be open to the public from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Come join us.
Watch this space for further updates as they become available.
Take our Hanover Library survey
We are now in the process of securing materials and making some scheduling decisions for the new Hanover-Jefferson County Public Library. You can help us out by completing a quick three question survey.
Hanover branch is framed
If you haven’t driven down LaGrange Road in Hanover recently you will be very surprised. Work on the new Hanover-Jefferson County Public Library is progressing very well and you can now truly visualize what it will look like.
The framing and roof for the new addition is being completed and workers are already applying insulation and installing windows. Inside, the new children’s room is framed out and electrical conduit is being installed. Below are a set of photos taken on August 6.
Ground was broken for the project on May 21 with dozens attending the festivities. Hanover residents, library staff and officials from Hanover, Jefferson County and the state of Indiana attended. We enjoyed digging shovels into the ground and throwing dirt to kick off the project.
Bradshaw Building Specialties, Inc. of North Vernon, Indiana, is the general contractor for the project. Above is a rendering created by the library architects Prince|Alexander Partners Inc. of Indianapolis. This is how the new library will look like as you pull into the driveway on Madison Avenue.
The former bank building will become the adult reading room and magazine section. The former bank drive-through has been demolished to make way for the new wing that will house the children’s room. As you can see from the drawing, we will also have a drive through for book drop-offs and pickup.
The current time schedule calls for construction to be completed by February 2010 with opening in spring 2010.
Photos from Hanover groundbreaking
Make a donation
Main construction for the Hanover-Jefferson County Public Library being funded through a federal Community Focus Fund grant, but we are raising money locally for interior furnishings such as tables, shelving, computers as well as for books and videos for the library collection. Your generous donations will help make the Hanover Library a wonderful place to attend a story hour, do research for school papers or simply enjoy a visit and find great books.
Donations can be dropped off or mailed to our downtown Madison library, attention Kristi Harms, MJCPL, 420 W. Main St., Madison IN 47250.
We want to thank you for helping us expand services throughout Jefferson County. This is a wonderful community and together we are making this happen!
