Lavonia Carnegie Library Explained

Lavonia Carnegie Library
Nrhp Type:Building
Location:28 Hartwell Rd., Lavonia, Georgia 30553
Coordinates:34.4347°N -83.1039°W
Architecture:Renaissance Revival
Added:September 1, 1983
Area:less than one acre
Mpsub:Lavonia MRA
Refnum:83000211

The Lavonia Carnegie Library is a historic library building at 28 Hartwell Road in Lavonia, Georgia. It was built in 1911 with funding support from Andrew Carnegie, and is the most architecturally sophisticated building in the small community. It is a single-story buff brick building with Renaissance Revival styling. Founded in 1904 to be the Lavonia public library; it was merged as a branch of the Athens Regional Library System.[1]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|83000211}} NRHP nomination for Lavonia-Carnegie Library]. National Park Service. 2017-11-02.