Florence Public Library
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Florence Public Library | |
Location | 319 S. Irby St., Florence, South Carolina |
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Coordinates | 34°11′31″N 79°46′6″W / 34.19194°N 79.76833°W |
Area | 1.1 acres (0.45 ha) |
Built | 1925 | , 1977-1978
Architect | Wilkins & Hopkins; Haynesworth & Stuckey |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 06001041[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 15, 2006 |
Florence Public Library, also known as the Florence County Public Library, is a historic library building located at Florence, Florence County, South Carolina. It was built in 1925, and is a two-story-over-raised-basement, T-shaped brick veneered building with Neo-Classical Revival architecture and Beaux Arts design influences. It has a concrete foundation, reinforced concrete walls, limestone decorative elements, and a standing seam metal roof. It was the first public library in Florence. In 1977-1978 the library built a large one-story expansion and made extensive renovations to the original 1925 building.[2][3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Kathy Nance Nephew (September 2006). "Florence Public Library" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
- ^ "Florence Public Library, Florence County (319 S. Irby St., Florence)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
Categories:
- Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
- Neoclassical architecture in South Carolina
- Library buildings completed in 1925
- National Register of Historic Places in Florence County, South Carolina
- Buildings and structures in Florence, South Carolina
- 1925 establishments in South Carolina
- Pee Dee South Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs