{"nrhp_refnum":"03001223","name":"Wallace, Anne, Branch-Carnegie Library of Atlanta","other_names":["Techwood Recreation Center","SunTrust Bank Branch"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"535 Luckie St. NW","address_restricted":false,"city":"Atlanta","county":"Fulton County","state":"GA","lat":33.77074637100003,"lon":-84.39604054099999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-12-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story red brick Carnegie-funded branch library with a basement, at 535 Luckie Street NW in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, opened in 1909 and designed by the New York firm Whitfield and King.","why_significant":"It is argued to be significant in architecture as a good intact Georgian Revival public building built to Carnegie-approved library plans. It is significant in education as the first branch of the Atlanta Public Library and the only survivor of the three Carnegie branches and central library built in Atlanta. It is also one of only 24 Carnegie-supported public libraries built in Georgia.","narrative":"Built in 1909 with funds from Andrew Carnegie, this one-story red brick building at 535 Luckie Street NW was the first branch of the Atlanta Public Library. It was named for Anne Wallace, the local librarian who persuaded Carnegie to fund the city's central library. New York architects Whitfield and King designed it to Carnegie's standard plans, with local architect Harry L. Walker assigned to the project. Georgian Revival details include a pedimented portico with Corinthian columns, marble-trimmed windows with keystones, a fanlight entrance, and a wooden cornice with dentils and modillions. Inside is one large reading room under a coved ceiling, with an auditorium in the basement. The branch served white patrons until 1962, then became a recreation center, and later a bank branch following a certified rehabilitation. It is the only survivor of four Carnegie libraries built in Atlanta and one of 24 in Georgia.","period_of_significance":"1909-1953","architect_builder":"Whitfield and King, of New York City: principal King, Beverly S. (1879-1935); local architect Harry L. Walker assigned to the project","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals/Georgia Revival (Georgian Revival)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Now used as a bank branch after a 1990s certified rehabilitation; it was a recreation center from the 1960s. The building is publicly owned and leased to a bank.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.162973-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/03001223.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001223/f723944082-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001223/f723944082-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":null,"credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:In_context,_from_northwest_facing_southeast._-_Clark_Howell_Homes,_Anne_Wallace_Branch_Carnegie_Library,_538_Luckie_Street,_Atlanta,_Fulton_County,_GA_HABS_GA,61-ATLA,63B-2.tif\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:In_context,_from_northwest_facing_southeast._-_Clark_Howell_Homes,_Anne_Wallace_Branch_Carnegie_Library,_538_Luckie_Street,_Atlanta,_Fulton_County,_GA_HABS_GA,61-ATLA,63B-2.tif"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208386","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134314662"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/fulton-county/wallace-anne-branch-carnegie-library-of-atlanta-03001223/"}