A short walk north of the courthouse stands the Rensselaer Carnegie Library, a buff-brick Beaux-Arts box opened in 1905 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew Carnegie. Indiana ended up with more Carnegie libraries than any other state — over 150 of them — and the Rensselaer building is one of the better-preserved small-town examples, with its original cornice, broad pediment and curved entrance steps still intact. The library still functions as the town's main branch, so you can step inside during opening hours.