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Wormsloe Library (Wymberley Jones De Renne Library)

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1907, Wallin and Young

A fireproof library of marble, concrete, and plaster was built to house the immense collection of books and papers on Georgia and their family history amassed by bibliophiles George Wymberley Jones De Renne and his three children, Wymberley Jones, Letitia, and Kentwyn De Renne. The eldest, Wymberley Jones, outlived his two siblings and commissioned this small, yet monumental, classical porticoed library building to protect the family legacy. The collection was acquired by the University of Georgia in 1938, forming an important part of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library. The building is now part of the Wormsloe Institute for Environmental History.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler
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What's Nearby

Noble Jones House
Wormsloe Entrance Complex
Wormsloe (Wormslow)
Wormsloe House
Wormsloe Historic Site

Citation

Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler, "Wormsloe Library (Wymberley Jones De Renne Library)", [Savannah, Georgia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/GA-02-18.1.4.

Print Source

Buildings of Savannah, Robin B. Williams. With David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, 262-262.

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