The Carnegie Library of Valdosta is a
Carnegie library building in
Valdosta, Georgia
Valdosta is a city in and the county seat of Lowndes County, Georgia, Lowndes County in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. As the principal city of the Valdosta Metropolitan Statistical Area, Valdosta metropolitan statistical area, ...
. 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
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
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.
Lowndes County Historical Society and Museum website
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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
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