Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 80002704 Architecture firm McKim, Mead & White | Built 1907 Opened 1907 Added to NRHP 6 May 1980 | |
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Location 203 W. 115th St., New York, New York Architectural style Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Neo Italian Renaissance Similar New York Public Library - H, New York Public Library - Y, Ottendorfer Public Library a, Jefferson Market Library, 53rd Street Library | ||
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.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. In 2017, the branch was renamed to honor Harry Belafonte.
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