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Working Men's Institute at 407 Tavern St.""Working Men�s Institute Philanthropist William Maclure established the Institute in 1838. The Working Men�s Institute inhabited a wing in the Harmonist Church until 1894. In that year, it moved to this impressive building three-story structure on Tavern Street. The Institute at one time comprised 144 Institutes in Indiana and additional sixteen in Illinois at its height. The Working Men's Institute has dwindled to this location. This is the oldest continuously operating library in Indiana. Their founding mission was the dissemination of useful knowledge to working men and their families. That remains their mission today." (http://indianaplaces.blogspot.com/2016/06/working-mens-institute-new-harmony.html).