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Opening (and Closing) Dates of NOPL Buildings

This is a "quick list" of opening and (if applicable) closing dates of New Orleans Public Library's facilities. The opening date is usually the date of the building's dedication, not necessarily the day when the building actually opened to the public.

For more complete histories of the NOPL branches, see the individual branch pages at our Holdings and Services link.

Building Opening Date Closing Date
Royal Branch November 25, 1907 1965
Algiers Branch (now Algiers Point Branch) December 28, 1907
Napoleon Branch (now Children's Resource Center) January 31, 1908
Main Library (Lee Circle) October 15, 1908 1958
Canal Branch August 26, 1911 1958
Dryades Branch October 23, 1915 1965
Nix Branch November 29, 1930
Alvar Branch November 7, 1940
Latter Branch October 31, 1948
Gentilly Branch March 27, 1949
Broadmoor Branch April 4, 1954 1981
Nora Navra Branch
(Original building called Branch 9)
May 2, 1954
October 8, 1946


1954

Smith Branch (now Smith Regional Branch)
(Original Building)
(Current Building)

April 8, 1956
November 5, 1979


Main Library (Loyola Ave.) December 15, 1958
Algiers Regional Branch April 19, 1966
East New Orleans Regional Branch October 23, 1968
Broad Branch November 19, 1993
Martin Luther King Branch October 14, 1995


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