National Register Record for ARDMORE CARNEGIE LIBRARY

Historic Name: ARDMORE CARNEGIE LIBRARY
Current Name: ARDMORE GARDENS CLUB BUILDING
Address: 500 STANLEY
City: ARDMORE            County: CARTER
Section: 31           Township: 4S           Range: 2E          
Description of significance: THE ARDMORE CARNEGIE LIBRARY WAS DESIGNED BY S. WEMYSS SMITH AND CONSTRUCTED IN 1904. THE CAST-STONE BUILDING DERIVES ITS SIGNIFICANCE FROM ITS ROLE IN THE EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF ARDMORE. SINCE ITS RETIREMANT AS A LIBRARY, THE BUILDING HAS HOUSED THE ARDMORE GARDEN CLUB. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 6/9/00.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: LIBRARY
Current Function: SOCIAL
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: SOCIAL HISTORY
Architectural Style: CLASSICAL REVIVAL
Architect: S. WEMYSS SMITH, ARCHITECT; A.O. CAMPBELL, BUILDER
Year Built: 1904            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: THE DAILY ARDMOREITE, SEPTEMBER 1904 - APRIL 1963; MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS AT ARDMORE CITY HALL; 1907 SANBORN FIRE INSURANCE MAPS
Date Prepared: MARCH 1982