{"nrhp_refnum":"75000577","name":"Carnegie Library Building","other_names":["Navy Supply Corps Museum"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1401 Prince Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Athens","county":"Clarke County","state":"GA","lat":33.96397613700003,"lon":-83.40433715399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-11-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1910 Carnegie-funded library building at 1401 Prince Avenue in Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, on the grounds of the Navy Supply Corps School and now used as the Navy Supply Corps Museum.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the building as a Neo-Classic Carnegie library built in 1910 with about $25,000 from the Andrew Carnegie Fund. It is tied to the site's earlier use as the State Normal School, a branch of the University of Georgia. Its reuse as a museum, with the original Carnegie Library inscription kept over the entrance, is also cited.","narrative":"Built in 1910 with about $25,000 from the Andrew Carnegie Fund, this library on Prince Avenue in Athens, Georgia, is an eclectic, highly ornamented Neo-Classic building of yellow brick with white-painted wooden trim. A wide entablature of triglyphs, metopes and palmettes circles the exterior, and a pair of Doric columns supports the entrance pediment. Inside, an octagonal lobby about thirty feet high is ringed by eight colossal columns and lit by clerestory windows, with a balcony along the rear wall. The land earlier housed the State Normal School, a branch of the University of Georgia, and the federal government bought the property from the university system in 1953. The Navy Supply Corps School later converted the library into its museum, adding ship lanterns and a chandelier while keeping the carved Carnegie Library inscription over the door. A memorial garden behind the building is used for community events.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Eclectic, rather highly ornamented Neo-Classic style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition, unaltered and on its original site, in use as the Navy Supply Corps Museum open to the public.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:39.975911-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/75000577.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000577/57358785fc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000577/57358785fc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"RFoxx","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Georgia_State_Normal_School_Carnegie_Library_in_Athens_Georgia,_August_2014.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">RFoxx</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:Georgia_State_Normal_School_Carnegie_Library_in_Athens_Georgia,_August_2014.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207430","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_Library_Building_(Athens,_Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5043938"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/clarke-county/carnegie-library-building-75000577/"}