Carnegie_Library_of_Valdosta

Carnegie Library of Valdosta

Carnegie Library of Valdosta

United States historic place

The Carnegie Library of Valdosta is a Carnegie library building in Valdosta, Georgia. It was constructed in 1913 for $40,000, with help from a $15,000 Carnegie grant.[2][3] It was the first building designed by local architect Lloyd V. Greer. It opened in 1914. Decades later it became a branch library and then the base for the Lowndes County Historical Society.[4] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 12, 1984. It is located at 305 West Central Avenue. Originally part of the South Georgia Regional Library, the library building is now home to the Lowndes County Historical Society and Museum.[5][6]

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  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. [2]
    Jones, Theodore (1997). Carnegie Libraries Across America. New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-14422-3.
  3. [3]
    GeorgiaInfo - Digital Library of Georgia - Old Carnegie Library History
  4. [4]
    Historical Marker at the library site, Valdosta Town Committee 1983
  5. [5]
    Lowndes County Historical Society and Museum website
  6. [6]
    Walker, Jr, Robert Burke (1994). Written at Athens. Georgia's Carnegie Libraries: A study of their History, Their Existing Conditions, and Conservation (PDF). Georgia. pp. 78–79. Retrieved June 12, 2017.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)


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