Amelia S. Givin Free Library

	Amelia S. Givin Free Library
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	File:Amelia S. Givin Library Mount Holly Springs PA1.jpg Amelia S. Givin Free Library in 2024
	Amelia S. Givin Free Library is located in Pennsylvania Amelia S. Givin Free Library
Location	114 North Baltimore Avenue,; Mount Holly Springs, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°6′59″N 77°11′21″W / 40.11639°N 77.18917°W
Built	1889
Architect	James T. Steen
Architectural style	Romanesque Revival
NRHP reference No.	04000841
Added to NRHP	August 11, 2004

The Amelia S. Givin Free Library is a historic public library in Mount Holly Springs, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 11, 2004.

History

The library was built in 1889 and was dedicated on January 2, 1890.^[2] The library was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 11, 2004.

Architecture

It was designed by Richardsonian Romanesque student James T. Steen^[2] and is faced with Hummelstown brownstone.^[3]^{[not specific enough to verify]} Design elements include intricate carvings, semicircular arched windows, crescent apse and moorish fretwork. The Amelia S. Givin Free Library "contains the most extensive and most elaborate installation of moorish fretwork still in existence today".

References

↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Tucker, Paul (February 3, 2004). "Nomination Form" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved April 8, 2009.
↑ Advertising Booklet published by the Hummelstown Brownstone Co. p.27, circa 1907

External links

Official website
Amelia S. Givin Free Library Archived November 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[form-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Tucker, Paul (February 3, 2004). "Nomination Form" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved April 8, 2009.

[3] Advertising Booklet published by the Hummelstown Brownstone Co. p.27, circa 1907

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