Florence Public Library

Florence Public Library
Florence Public Library is located in South Carolina
Florence Public Library
Florence Public Library is located in the United States
Florence Public Library
Location319 S. Irby St., Florence, South Carolina
Coordinates34°11′31″N 79°46′6″W / 34.19194°N 79.76833°W / 34.19194; -79.76833
Area1.1 acres (0.45 ha)
Built1925 (1925), 1977-1978
ArchitectWilkins & Hopkins; Haynesworth & Stuckey
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No.06001041[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 15, 2006

Florence Public Library, also known as the Florence County Public Library, is a historic library building located at Florence, Florence County, South Carolina. It was built in 1925, and is a two-story-over-raised-basement, T-shaped brick veneered building with Neo-Classical Revival architecture and Beaux Arts design influences. It has a concrete foundation, reinforced concrete walls, limestone decorative elements, and a standing seam metal roof. It was the first public library in Florence. In 1977-1978 the library built a large one-story expansion and made extensive renovations to the original 1925 building.[2][3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Kathy Nance Nephew (September 2006). "Florence Public Library" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Florence Public Library, Florence County (319 S. Irby St., Florence)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 5 July 2012.