{"nrhp_refnum":"73002140","name":"Hawkes Library","other_names":["Hawkes Free Children's Library"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"210 S. 6th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Griffin","county":"Spalding County","state":"GA","lat":33.24649725300003,"lon":-84.26104327399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-03-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Hawkes Free Children's Library is a two-story rectangular brick library building at 210 South Sixth Street in Griffin, Spalding County, Georgia, designed in 1915 by Atlanta architect Neel Reid and opened in 1916.","why_significant":"It carries the name of Albert King Hawkes, who envisioned children's libraries and theaters in Georgia towns, and it housed Griffin's first free library. It is also an early surviving work of the Atlanta firm Hentz, Reid and Adler, reflecting colonial Georgian inspiration. It later became the headquarters of the Flint River Regional Library.","narrative":"Hawkes Free Children's Library is a two-story brick building at 210 South Sixth Street in Griffin, Georgia, designed in 1915 by Atlanta architect Neel Reid. Brick walls are trimmed in white wood and limestone, with a modillion cornice, a brick parapet, arched first-floor windows and a one-story porch of slender composite columns. Inside are panelled rooms, a marble fireplace and a U-shaped stair. The library honors Albert King Hawkes, an Atlanta optical businessman who offered to endow a free library and moving picture house for children. Construction began in 1915 on school grounds, and the building opened to the public on November 28, 1916, as Griffin's first free library. It is also an early work of the firm Hentz, Reid and Adler, whose designs often drew on Georgia's colonial buildings. The library grew to serve eight counties as the Flint River Regional Library, which was headquartered in the building.","period_of_significance":"1915-1916","architect_builder":"Neel Reid (Hentz, Reid and Adler), architect; Newton Coal and Lumber Company of Griffin, builder","architectural_style":"Colonial Georgian / colonial revival inspiration","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in good condition and altered, and in use as a library.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.849342-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/73002140.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73002140/d4888b067d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73002140/d4888b067d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Michael Rivera","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hawkes_Library,_Griffin.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Rivera</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hawkes_Library,_Griffin.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209453","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15378783"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/spalding-county/hawkes-library-73002140/"}