Ridgeview Public Library is a historic former

library A library is a collection of Book, books, and possibly other Document, materials and Media (communication), media, that is accessible for use by its members and members of allied institutions. Libraries provide physical (hard copies) or electron ...

located at

Hickory Hickory is a common name for trees composing the genus ''Carya'', which includes 19 species accepted by ''Plants of the World Online''. Seven species are native to southeast Asia in China, Indochina, and northeastern India (Assam), and twelve ...

Catawba County, North Carolina Catawba County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 160,610. Its county seat is Newton, and its largest community is Hickory. The county is part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC ...

. It was built in 1951, and is a one-story, brick veneer building with

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-style design elements. It was moved to its present location in 1998, when it was replaced with the new Ridgeview Branch Library. The library was constructed to serve the

African-American neighborhood African-American neighborhoods or black neighborhoods are types of ethnic enclaves found in many cities in the United States. Generally, an African American neighborhood is one where the majority of the people who live there are African American ...

of Ridgeview. It was listed on the

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in 2011.

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African-American history of North Carolina Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Library buildings completed in 1951 Colonial Revival architecture in North Carolina Buildings and structures in Catawba County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Catawba County, North Carolina 1951 establishments in North Carolina Brick buildings and structures in North Carolina {{CatawbaCountyNC-NRHP-stub