B. B. Comer Memorial Library
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B.B. Comer Memorial Library | |
Location | 314 N. Broadway Ave., Sylacauga, Alabama |
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Coordinates | 33°10′39″N 86°15′4″W / 33.17750°N 86.25111°W |
Area | 1.1 acres (0.45 ha) |
Architectural style | Moderne |
NRHP reference No. | 05000972[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 5, 2018 |
The B.B. Comer Memorial Library is a library located in Sylacauga, Alabama. The library was named to the National Register of Historic Places on September 6, 2005.[1]
The library was founded in 1936 as the Sylacauga Public Library. It was moved three years later, and after a $5,000 grant by the family B. B. Comer, the library was renamed in his honor.[2] The library was again renamed to Isabel Anderson Comer Museum and Arts Center in 1962.[1] It was created with a marble exterior, and was originally built through the Works Progress Administration.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "B.B. Comer Memorial Library History". B.B. Comer Memorial Library. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for B.B. Comer Memorial Library". National Park Service. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
Categories:
- Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama
- Streamline Moderne architecture in the United States
- Library buildings completed in 1939
- National Register of Historic Places in Talladega County, Alabama
- Works Progress Administration in Alabama
- 1936 establishments in Alabama
- Libraries established in 1936
- Alabama Registered Historic Place stubs