The Shelby County Public Library, formerly the Carnegie Public Library, in

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, is a Carnegie library which was built in 1903. It was listed on the

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in 1985. The first public library in Shelbyville was created by the local women's club in 1899. A board member corresponded with

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leading to a grant of $10,000 for the construction of this building. It has an octagonal dome, and it has been deemed the best local example of

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architecture. With

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* Carnegie libraries in Kentucky National Register of Historic Places in Shelby County, Kentucky Romanesque Revival architecture in Kentucky Library buildings completed in 1903 Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky 1903 establishments in Kentucky Buildings and structures in Shelbyville, Kentucky {{Library-struct-stub