New York Public Library | |
Harry Belafonte 115th Street Library, March 2009 | |
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| Location | 203 W. 115th St.,New York, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°48′10″N73°57′14″W / 40.80278°N 73.95389°W /40.80278; -73.95389 |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1907 |
| Architect | McKim, Mead & White |
| Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Neo Italian Renaissance |
| NRHP reference No. | 80002704[1] |
| NYCL No. | 0298 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 6, 1980 |
| Designated NYCL | July 12, 1967 |
TheHarry Belafonte 115th Street Branch of theNew York Public Library is a historiclibrary building located inHarlem,New York City. It was designed byMcKim, Mead & White and built in 1907–1908 and opened on November 6, 1908.[2] It is a three-story-high, three-bay-wide building faced in deeply rusticated graylimestone in aNeo Italian Renaissance style. The branch was one of 65 built by the New York Public Library with funds provided by the philanthropistAndrew Carnegie, 11 of them designed by McKim, Mead & White. The building is 50 feet wide and features three evenly spaced arched openings on the first floor.[3] The branch served as Harlem cultural center and hub of organizing efforts.[4]
It was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1] In 2017, the branch was renamed to honorHarry Belafonte who lived near the branch.[2][5] Another branch of the Library, theSchomburg Center holds Belafonte's archives.[6]
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