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The '''Southside Branch Library''' (or '''Birmingham Public Library Southside Branch''') is a branch of the [[Birmingham Public Library]] located at 1814 [[11th Avenue South]] on the small triangular block south of [[10th Court South]] between the [[Southside Post Office]] and [[Southside Baptist Church]] at [[19th Street South]]. | The '''Southside Branch Library''' (or '''Birmingham Public Library Southside Branch''') is a branch of the [[Birmingham Public Library]] located at 1814 [[11th Avenue South]] on the small triangular block south of [[10th Court South]] between the [[Southside Post Office]] and [[Southside Baptist Church]] at [[19th Street South]]. | ||
The original library serving the area was established in [[1945]] as the '''Thomas Duke Parke Memorial Library''' in the former [[Thomas Parke residence]] on the same site. Parke, a pediatrician and co-founder of [[Children's Hospital]], and his wife, [[Amy Parke|Amy]], left the property, along with an endowment, to the city for use as a library. | The original library serving the area was established in [[1945]] as the '''Thomas Duke Parke Memorial Library''' in the former [[Thomas Parke residence]] on the same site. [[Thomas Parke|Parke]], a pediatrician and co-founder of [[Children's Hospital]], and his wife, [[Amy Parke|Amy]], left the property, along with an endowment, to the city for use as a library. | ||
In [[1955]], with funding from the Parkes' endowment, the branch, then called the '''Parke Memorial Branch Library''', moved into a purpose-built building at the same site. That building was demolished for the current, larger library which opened on [[March 17]], [[1996]]. | In [[1955]], with funding from the Parkes' endowment, the branch, then called the '''Parke Memorial Branch Library''', moved into a purpose-built building at the same site. That building was demolished for the current, larger library which opened on [[March 17]], [[1996]]. | ||
Revision as of 16:15, 21 April 2016
The Southside Branch Library (or Birmingham Public Library Southside Branch) is a branch of the Birmingham Public Library located at 1814 11th Avenue South on the small triangular block south of 10th Court South between the Southside Post Office and Southside Baptist Church at 19th Street South.
The original library serving the area was established in 1945 as the Thomas Duke Parke Memorial Library in the former Thomas Parke residence on the same site. Parke, a pediatrician and co-founder of Children's Hospital, and his wife, Amy, left the property, along with an endowment, to the city for use as a library.
In 1955, with funding from the Parkes' endowment, the branch, then called the Parke Memorial Branch Library, moved into a purpose-built building at the same site. That building was demolished for the current, larger library which opened on March 17, 1996.
The sculpture "The Reader" by Joe Theo Waldrop was dedicated at the library on April 29, 1984, and was re-installed outside the main entrance of the current building on 11th Avenue.
Head librarians
References
- Birmingham Public Library Board (1945) "A Tribute to Dr. and Mrs. Parke on the Opening of the Thomas Duke Parke Memorial Library."