Napoleon Street Branch Library - New Orleans, LA
N 29° 55.280 W 090° 06.068
15R E 779870 N 3313601
Located on Napoleon St. in the Uptown New Orleans Historic District, this building was built in 1908.
Waymark Code: WM8PGY
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 04/27/2010
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This branch of the New Orleans library system is now known as the Children's Resource Center. The physical address is 913 Napoleon Ave. It is located in a part residential part retail buisness in the Uptown New Orleans Historic District. Library was built c. 1908, and was partially funded by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
More great history on the building, comes from the State of Louisiana Register website, located
here which states:
In 1903 Dr. James H. Dillard of the Board of Directors of the New Orleans Public Library
met with philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in New York and secured a pledge of $250,000 for new
library buildings in New Orleans. Plans were soon made for construction of a Central Library and
three branches. In the autumn of 1904, the City Council approved the use of the lower side of
Lawrence Square as the site of the "uptown" branch. The square already contained three important
components of the neighborhood -- the McDonogh No. 6 School, the Jefferson City Market, and the
Seventh Precinct (now Second District) Police Station -- and thus it seemed an obvious choice for
the library site. City Librarian Henry M. Gill noted the advantages of the site which like the
"downtown" Royal Street branch, was located "on the edge of an exceedingly busy commercial and
shopping section and directly opposite a pretty public square.”
Street address:
913 Napoleon Street
New Orleans, LA USA
70115
County / Borough / Parish: Orleans
Year listed: 1979
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event
Periods of significance: 1900-1924
Historic function: Education. Sub - Library
Current function: Education. Sub - Library
Privately owned?: no
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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