Springbourne library

Brief description

One of 4 built in Bournemouth with Carnegie funding – the second to be opened. The architects were Harry E Hawker and Victor Mitchell.

Current status: Still a public library, managed by Bournemouth borough council (2021)

• Year grant given (if known):
• Amount of grant: Total grant was £10,000 to build 4 libraries: Westbourne, Springbourne, Winton and Boscombe. Springbourne was allocated £2,000
• Year opened (and by who – if known): 27 March 1909, by Mayor G E Bridge

Photo of library in 2013:

Details:

Old photo of library (postcard):

Visited?

We visited in 2013. Unfortunately it had just closed, so we couldn’t see inside, but there was a lovely garden next door.

Web links:

• Brief mention in the Wikipedia page for Springbourne
• Book reference: The history of Bournemouth public libraries 1893-1913 (amazon link)