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Carnegie Library of Valdosta
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	305 W. Central Ave., Valdosta, Georgia
Coordinates	30°49′50″N 83°16′58″W / 30.83056°N 83.28278°W / 30.83056; -83.28278
Area	0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Built	1913 (1913)
Built by	Little & Phillips
Architect	Lloyd Greer
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	84001120
Added to NRHP	January 12, 1984

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. 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. 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.

• Carnegie Library of Valdosta
• Carnegie Library of Valdosta

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Lowndes County, Georgia

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Jones, Theodore (1997). Carnegie Libraries Across America. New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-14422-3.
3. GeorgiaInfo - Digital Library of Georgia - Old Carnegie Library History
4. Historical Marker at the library site, Valdosta Town Committee 1983
5. Lowndes County Historical Society and Museum website
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)

External links

• Media related to Carnegie Library of Valdosta at Wikimedia Commons

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• Carnegie libraries in Georgia (U.S. state)
• Buildings and structures in Lowndes County, Georgia
• Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)
• Valdosta, Georgia
• National Register of Historic Places in Lowndes County, Georgia
• Education in Lowndes County, Georgia
• Georgia (U.S. state) Registered Historic Place stubs