1912 Library

I borrow a lot of DVDs from the two libraries I frequent. A couple of weeks ago, I was watching -- and enjoying -- The Internship, a 2013 release starring Vince Vaughn  and Owen Wilson.

One of the scenes showed an establishing shot of the following library:

This photo is a screen shot from my TV, taken with my old-fashioned flip phone.

Another film I watched -- and didn't much care for -- was Night Moves, starring Jesse Eisenberg and Dakota Fanning. It was  also released in 2013, and included an establishing shot of this library:

Another screen shot from my television.

To my eyes, it looked like the two totally different films included the same shot of the very same library! Both buildings say nothing but the year they were built, 1912, and the word "library."

So I went online and found that The Internship was filmed primarily in Atlanta, Georgia. Night Moves was filmed in Medford, Oregon.

So, I thought, this couldn't be the same library, right?

Well, not having two photos to compare like you do, I had to find the appropriate scenes in both movies, and take a photo of each.

Notice that the basic construction of the front part of both libraries is very similar. A door, flanked by two windows, and all of them have a funky design at the top. Under the word "library" are four concrete whatever-you-call-thems, and each entrance has an electric lamp near the top of the doorway, on either side.

I guess 1912 was just a good year for building libraries.

Thanks for your time.