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B. B. Comer Memorial Library

Coordinates: 33°10′39″N 86°15′4″W / 33.17750°N 86.25111°W / 33.17750; -86.25111
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B.B. Comer Memorial Library
B. B. Comer Memorial Library is located in Alabama
B. B. Comer Memorial Library
B. B. Comer Memorial Library is located in the United States
B. B. Comer Memorial Library
Location314 N. Broadway Ave., Sylacauga, Alabama
Coordinates33°10′39″N 86°15′4″W / 33.17750°N 86.25111°W / 33.17750; -86.25111
Area1.1 acres (0.45 ha)
Architectural styleModerne
NRHP reference No.05000972[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 5, 2018

The B.B. Comer Memorial Library is a library located in Sylacauga, Alabama. The library was named to the National Register of Historic Places on September 6, 2005.[1]

The library was founded in 1936 as the Sylacauga Public Library. It was moved three years later, and after a $5,000 grant by the family B. B. Comer, the library was renamed in his honor.[2] The library was again renamed to Isabel Anderson Comer Museum and Arts Center in 1962.[1] It was created with a marble exterior, and was originally built through the Works Progress Administration.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "B.B. Comer Memorial Library History". B.B. Comer Memorial Library. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
  3. ^ "NRHP nomination for B.B. Comer Memorial Library". National Park Service. Retrieved November 1, 2014.