Editing Crawfordsville, Indiana (section)

===21st century===
[[File: Downtown_Crawfordsville,_Indiana.jpg|thumb|right|Downtown Crawfordsville looking south on [[U.S. Route 231 in Indiana|U.S. 231]]]]
In 2005, the Crawfordsville District Public Library moved into a new building across the street from the city's Carnegie library. The library retained ownership of the old building and re-opened it as the [[Carnegie Museum of Montgomery County]] in 2007.

On May 8, 2007, approximately a quarter-block of historic buildings in the 100 block of South Washington Street was burned in a major fire. A woman in one of the buildings reported the fire. One person, Leslie Eric Largent, died in the fire. The fire was covered by the press statewide. Two buildings, built circa 1882, were completely destroyed: one housed the Silver Dollar Bar (formerly Tommy Kummings' Silver Dollar Tavern); the other contained the New York Shoe Repair and Bargain Center at the corner of Pike and Washington streets. Above the shoe store were several apartments where residents were sleeping. On May 22, the fire was ruled to have been an act of arson.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070522/BREAK/705220448/1196/LOCAL|title=Indianapolis Star article}}</ref>

In 2015, Crawfordsville won a Stellar Community grant from [[Indiana Office of Community & Rural Affairs]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wlfi.com/2015/08/17/crawfordsville-named-stellar-community-awarded-1-5-m-grant/ |title=Crawfordsville named Stellar Community; up to $1.5M grant possible &#124; wlfi.com |access-date=2016-08-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922221033/http://wlfi.com/2015/08/17/crawfordsville-named-stellar-community-awarded-1-5-m-grant/ |archive-date=2016-09-22 }} WLFI news story</ref>

On May 17, 2018, a new clock tower built by Kentucky-based Campbellsville Industries was put into place on the courthouse's original clock tower base. The original clock tower had been taken down in 1941 due to structural concerns. The clock tower was made possible by the Montgomery County Courthouse Clock Tower Committee and its fundraising efforts spanning more than twenty years. The clock tower was dedicated on June 17, and the bells and chimes were sounded for the first time.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bangert|first=Dave|title=Bells will chime for courthouse clock tower dedication in Crawfordsville|url=https://www.jconline.com/story/news/2018/06/15/bells-chime-montomery-co-courthouse-clock-tower-dedication/705472002/|access-date=2021-03-05|website=Journal and Courier|language=en-US}}</ref>