New York Public Library, 115th Street Branch

New York Public Library, Harry Belafonte 115th Street Branch
New York Public Library, Harry Belafonte 115th Street Branch, March 2009
Location 203 W. 115th St., New York, New York
Coordinates 40°48′10″N 73°57′14″W / 40.80278°N 73.95389°W / 40.80278; -73.95389Coordinates: 40°48′10″N 73°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 #

80002704

[1]
Added to NRHP May 6, 1980

New York Public Library, Harry Belafonte 115th Street Branch is a historic library building located in Harlem, New York, New York. It was designed by McKim, Mead & White and built in 1907–1908 and opened on November 6, 1908. It is a three-story-high, three-bay-wide building faced in deeply rusticated gray limestone in a Neo Italian Renaissance style. The branch was one of 65 built by the New York Public Library with funds provided by the philanthropist Andrew 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.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1] In 2017, the branch was renamed to honor Harry Belafonte.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ David Framberger; Joan R. Olshansky & Elizabeth Spencer-Ralph (December 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York Public Library, 115th Street Branch". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-03-19. See also: "Accompanying two photos".
  3. ↑ "About the Harry Belafonte 115th Street Library". The New York Public Library. Retrieved 2017-02-23.


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