Converse-Jackson Township Public Library

Built in 1918 (Neoclassical architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

From the record

“Converse-Jackson Township Public Library is a historic Carnegie library building located at Converse, Indiana. It was built in 1918, as a one-story, Classical Revival style brick and masonry building on a raised basement.”
Wikipedia article Converse-Jackson Township Public Library, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 18 National Register listings published here for Miami County · listed in 1999 · category: Building · built in 1918, Neoclassical architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Converse--Jackson Township Public Library - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 100 S. Jefferson St., Converse, 46919
When was it listed? March 1999
Category. building
Township. Jackson township
When was it built? 1918
Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
National Register reference number. 99000298 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

1 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Converse-Jackson Township Public Library in 2004, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Debris and open burning	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
17 April 2004	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named

Every fire recorded in Miami County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Converse-Jackson Township Public Library: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Pipe Creek Stone Co. Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Miami County

Storms near this property

16 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Converse, the town this property stands in, in 16 storm reports between 2001 and 2020: 8 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Converse	-	Two large trees down. One in the street and the other on a house.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Converse	-	Emergency management officials reported two large trees down, one onto a home.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Converse	-	Measured gust on anemometer. 12 inch thick tree limbs also down.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Converse	-	Emergency management officials reported a grain bin was blown down by strong winds. In addition, the roof of a barn was blown off.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Converse	-	A trained spotter reported measured sustained winds of 45 mph with gusts as high as 60 mph.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Converse	-	Emergency management officials reported several four to six inch diameter tree limbs down.
June 2005	Lightning	Converse	-	A gentleman riding a mo-ped was seeking shelter from the wind and rain when lightning struck the area he was standing. He was taken to the hospital, but his exact injuries and the cause were not available.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Converse	-	Emergency management reported trees and power lines down near Converse.
July 2003	Flash Flood	Converse	-	Emergency management reported sewage overflow near Converse. Most roads in southern part of county closed.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Converse	-	A trained spotter measured a wind gust to 80 MPH north of Converse with large trees down.
April 2013	Hail	Converse	-	no account filed
August 2008	Hail	Converse	-	no account filed
June 2005	Hail	Converse	-	no account filed
July 2003	Hail	Converse	-	no account filed
August 2001	Hail	Converse	-	no account filed
October 2001	Hail	Converse	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Miami County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

2 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph	Property	Distance	Listed
	Converse Commercial Historic District	0.1 miles	2016
	Converse Depot	0.3 miles	1995

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 99000298 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Miami County	All 18 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.