115th Street Library

The Harry Belafonte 115th Street Branch of the New York Public Library is a historic library building located in Harlem, New York City. 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]


New York Public Library, Harry Belafonte 115th Street Branch
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

New York Public Library, Harry Belafonte 115th Street Branch, March 2009
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Location	203 W. 115th St., New York, New York
Coordinates	40°48′10″N 73°57′14″W
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]
Added to NRHP	May 6, 1980

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

"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
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".
"About the Harry Belafonte 115th Street Library". The New York Public Library. Retrieved 2017-02-23.

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