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Lavonia Carnegie Library

Coordinates: 34°26′5″N 83°6′14″W / 34.43472°N 83.10389°W / 34.43472; -83.10389
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Lavonia Carnegie Library
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Lavonia Carnegie Library is located in Georgia
Lavonia Carnegie Library
Lavonia Carnegie Library is located in the United States
Lavonia Carnegie Library
Location28 Hartwell Rd., Lavonia, Georgia 30553
Coordinates34°26′5″N 83°6′14″W / 34.43472°N 83.10389°W / 34.43472; -83.10389
Arealess than one acre
Built1911 (1911)
Architectural styleRenaissance Revival
MPSLavonia MRA
NRHP reference No.83000211[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 1, 1983

The Lavonia Carnegie Library is a historic library building at 28 Hartwell Road in Lavonia, Georgia. It was built in 1911 with funding support from Andrew Carnegie, and is the most architecturally sophisticated building in the small community. It is a single-story buff brick building with Renaissance Revival styling. Founded in 1904 to be the Lavonia public library; it was merged as a branch of the Athens Regional Library System.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Lavonia-Carnegie Library". National Park Service. Retrieved November 2, 2017.