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Non-Carnegie Academic LibrariesJames Allison Mansion Library%u2014%u2014Marian College%u2014%u2014Indianapolis, IndianaErected c.1911, served as the college library from 1937 to 1970. Now used for special events.A part of the campus of Marian College, the home of James Allison has been described as being a combination of an early Prairie School, Arts & Crafts, Country Era Estate, and European Lombardy styles. It was erected in 1911 for twomillion dollars, with large open rooms, elegant wood and marble carvings, and magnificent examples of old-world craftsmanship. It had an elevator, billiard room, an indoor pool in the basement, a breakfast room, sleeping porches, automatic lighting in the closets, a grand kitchen, and even ice-water on tap. The grand staircase was made of solid, hand-carved walnut, and the 42 ft. by 18 ft. music room was decorated with carved mahogany paneling, and contained a two-story pipe organ. There was also a Italian-marble aviary with a Tiffany stained-glass ceiling.James was the founder of the Prest-O-Lite Company, a partner in Carl Fisher%u2019s Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and also started the Allison Engineering Company, which eventually became the Allison Division of Rolls-Royce. He was also bit of a cad. He fell in love with his secretary, Lucile Musset, and a month after he divorced his wife Sarah, he married his former employee. However, not long after after the wedding, he contracted a fatal case of pneumonia and died at the age of 56. After the family put the house up for sale, it became the property of Marian College, and housed the school%u2019s first library. The building is said to be haunted, perhaps by the ghost of James, or that of a little girl who drowned in the basement swimming pool.