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Alabama City Library
The library in October 2014
Howard Gardner Nichols Memorial Library is located in Alabama
Howard Gardner Nichols Memorial Library
Location within Alabama
Howard Gardner Nichols Memorial Library is located in the United States
Howard Gardner Nichols Memorial Library
Location within the United States
LocationCorner of Cabot and Dwight avenues, Gadsden, Alabama
Coordinates34°1′32″N 86°2′38″W / 34.02556°N 86.04389°W / 34.02556; -86.04389
Arealess than one acre
Built1902 (1902)
Architectural styleClassical Revival, Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.74000410[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 27, 1974

The Howard Gardner Nichols Memorial Library is a historic building in Gadsden, Alabama, United States. The library was built in 1902 by the Nichols family, owners of the Dwight Manufacturing Company. It is named in honor of their son, who was badly injured while supervising the construction of the company's mill in what was then Alabama City. He died several days later.[2]

The library is the home of NEAGS, the NorthEast Alabama Genealogical Society, and houses over 5,000 family files as well as family books and many references for the counties in northeast Alabama. Also found are Civil War and Revolutionary War references as well as books on genealogy and history of states close to Alabama. The building housed the first lending library in the state of Alabama.[1] At one time it was a day care center for the mill workers' children. It also was a lawyer's office. Now the library is solely owned by NEAGS, dedicated to genealogy research.

The building is similar in scale to the mill workers' houses that surround it, but its location on a corner lot and blend of Classical Revival and Victorian design make it a focal point of the neighborhood. It has a steeply pitched hip roof with deep, bracketed eaves. The façade is anchored by a semi-circular portico supported by six Ionic columns, flanked by windows with lancet arched upper sashes. It was purchased and restored in 1973 by the NorthEast Alabama Genealogical Society.[3] The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

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  1. 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Genealogical Society Purchases Building". The Gadsden Times. July 8, 1973. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
  3. ↑ Floyd, W. Warner (September 25, 1974). "Alabama City Library". National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 13, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014. See also: "Accompanying photos". Archived (PDF) from the original on August 13, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
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