Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Neo Italian Renaissance
NRHP reference No.
80002704
[1]
NYCL No.
0298
Significant dates
Added to NRHP
May 6, 1980
Designated NYCL
July 12, 1967
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.[2] 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.[3] The branch served as Harlem cultural center and hub of organizing efforts.[4]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1] In 2017, the branch was renamed to honor Harry Belafonte who lived near the branch.[2][5] Another branch of the Library, the Schomburg Center holds Belafonte's archives.[6]
^ ab"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ ab"About the Harry Belafonte 115th Street Library". The New York Public Library. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
^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. Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2011-03-19. See also: "Accompanying two photos". Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
^Bennis, Phyllis (2017-11-01). "Singer, Songwriter, Actor, and Activist Harry Belafonte Goes to the Library". Retrieved 2022-06-27.
^Boyd, Herb (2017-05-11). "Library renamed the Harry Belafonte 115th Street Library". Retrieved 2022-06-27.
^Schuessler, Jennifer (2020-03-13). "Six Decades After the Banana Boat, Harry Belafonte's Archive Sails Home". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
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