Public Library, Clearwater, Florida, 1947

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Melbourne, Florida, Public Library, 1965

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Public Library, Winter Park, Florida

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Library, Mirror Lake Branch, St. Petersburg, Florida

[LIB11214] - The St. Petersburg Public Library (also known as the Mirror Lake Library or Carnegie Library) is a Carnegie library built in 1915 in Beaux-Arts style. It was one of 10 Florida Carnegie libraries to receive grants awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1917. [Source]

Indian River County Library, Vero Beach, Florida

[LIB10613] Website

Larimer Memorial Library, Palatka, Florida

[LIB10133] A gift to the people of this City by the late James R. Mellon of Pittsburgh, PA., a winter resident of Palatka for many years, in memory of his wife Rachel Hughey Larimer Mellon. [From the back of the card]

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No longer used a library. 

1924 Peabody Hall and Library, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

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Library, Mirror Lake Park, St. Petersburg, Florida

[LIB9434] - The St. Petersburg Public Library (also known as the Mirror Lake Library or Carnegie Library) is a Carnegie library built in 1915 in Beaux-Arts style. It is located in St. Petersburg, Florida (280 Fifth Street North). On June 13, 1986, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

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Albertson Public Library, Orlando, Florida

[LIB9322] - Captain Charles L. Albertson, a retired Police Inspector of New York City, and a winter resident of Orlando, had for many years been collecting books at his home in Waverly, New York. In November 1920, Captain Albertson offered his collection to the City of Orlando, on the condition that it furnish a suitable building to house it.

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Mills Memorial Library, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida

[LIB7614] The second dedicated library building on campus, Mills Memorial Library was built between 1949 and 1951.

Costing over $500,000, the building was almost 30,000 square feet and had a capacity for over 150,000 volumes. It featured a periodicals lounge, microfilm room, reserves reading room, large reference area, photo lab, and projection room.

The Mills building served as the Rollins library and Archives department until the early 80's, when the new Olin Library was constructed. [Website]

Veterans Memorial Library, St. Cloud, Florida

[LIB7245] This library seems to have been replaced by a newer library. Visit the website, click here.

Carnegie Library, Jacksonville, Florida

[LIB6694] - Currently used as law offices. Formerly the main headquarters of the Jacksonville Public Library System, the building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was designed by New York architect Henry John Klutho in the Neo-Classic Revival style. On October 3, 1903, ground was broken for the Carnegie library on the northeast corner of Adams and Ocean. Two years later, on June 1, 1905, the library was formally opened with George B. Utley as librarian and with 8,685 books available. Known officially as the Jacksonville Free Public Library, it was the beginning of the Jacksonville Public Library. It was also the first tax-supported library in Florida. [Waymarking]

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Albertson Public Library, Orlando, Florida

[LIB4407] - Captain Charles L. Albertson, a retired Police Inspector of New York City, and a winter resident of Orlando, had for many years been collecting books at his home in Waverly, New York. In November 1920, Captain Albertson offered his collection to the City of Orlando, on the condition that it furnish a suitable building to house it. The contract between the city of Orlando and Captain Albertson provided that Orlando would accept the gift of the Albertson collection and furnish the library building; that the library should be known as the Albertson Public Library; that Captain Albertson should be Advisory Superintendent of the Library throughout his lifetime; and that Orlando should suitably maintain the Library. This building has been demolished. [From the website]

Memorial Library, Eustis, Florida

[LIB5222] Website

Designed by Alan J. MacDonough in the Classical Revival style of architecture.

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1952 Library, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

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Public Library, St. Petersburg, Florida

The library c1920s and a contemporary view. [Image Courtesy St. Petersburg PL]

[LIB4964] - The St. Petersburg Public Library (also known as the Mirror Lake Library or Carnegie Library) is a Carnegie library built in 1915 in Beaux-Arts style. It is located in St. Petersburg, Florida (280 Fifth Street North). On June 13, 1986, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. [Wikipedia]

Public Library, Clearwater, Florida

[LIB2542] - The Commission considered once again the renovation, expansion or rebuilding of the Main Library. There were several issues: should it be moved to the east? Patrons, four nationally known consultants, the City Administration, and the Library Board agreed that it should remain on Osceola Avenue in the downtown district. Should the old building be razed or repaired and enlarged? Eventually it was decided to retain and modernize the old building at less cost than new construction. [Read a comprehensive history of the Clearwater Library here]

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Library, Florida State University, Tallahassee FL

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The Florida State College for Women is a large institution, its buildings and modern equipment forming the third largest women's college in the United States. [From the back of the card]

Public Library, Dunedin, FL

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Library in Bayfront park, Miami, Florida

The park became the site of a new $1.2 main library facility in 1951. Two stories tall, with mezzanine levels, the marble clad building was airy and bright. The new building was the first central home for the city’s fledgling library system after several temporary venues in previous decades. Its location in the park, however, was unfortunate since it blocked the view of the bay from East Flagler Street. The outcry against the new building in the park prompted the state’s Garden Clubs to pressure the Florida Legislature to pass a law by the mid-1950s which prohibited the construction of additional structures in Bayfront Park. [SOURCE] [LIB2417]