National Register of Historic Places

Walker, David S., Library

Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida
Listed
June 21, 1976
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
76000600

About this property

The David S. Walker Library was a private subscription library in Tallahassee, Florida. It was organized as the University Library in 1883. It was Tallahassee's first library. It is now a historic library building named for Governor David S. Walker, the eighth governor of Florida, who served from 1865 through 1868. It is located 209 East Park Avenue. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The library building is one of 65 Leon County properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Walker Library continued to function as a private library at least through October 1975. As of that date, it offered library memberships for $6.00 per year. In 1956, a free public library, The LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library, was opened in downtown Tallahassee, in an historic antebellum home called The Columns. The two libraries were a few blocks apart. In 2018, it has no book collection nor has for many years. The library building has served as the meeting place for the board of Springtime Tallahassee since 1977. Throughout the 1980s and 90s the Library building served as a rentable space. The top level was a large open room with wooden floors, and served as a space for dance teams and instructors providing lessons and scheduling rehearsals in ballroom, tap, and other dance disciplines for many years.

Location

209 E. Park Ave.
Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida
30.44170, -84.28013

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When was Walker, David S., Library listed on the National Register?

Walker, David S., Library was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 21, 1976.

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Walker, David S., Library is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Walker, David S., Library is recorded as the industrial era.

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