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Spalding Memorial Library-Tioga Point Museum

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Coordinates: 41°57′6″N 76°31′0″W / 41.95167°N 76.51667°W / 41.95167; -76.51667
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Spalding Memorial Library-Tioga Point Museum
Spalding Memorial Library-Tioga Point Museum in November 2009
Spalding Memorial Library-Tioga Point Museum is located in Pennsylvania
Spalding Memorial Library-Tioga Point Museum
Spalding Memorial Library-Tioga Point Museum is located in the United States
Spalding Memorial Library-Tioga Point Museum
Location724 S. Main St., Athens, Pennsylvania
Coordinates41°57′6″N 76°31′0″W / 41.95167°N 76.51667°W / 41.95167; -76.51667
Area1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built1897-1898, 1928
ArchitectAlbert Hamilton Kipp; Harry Charles Child (1928 addition)
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.00000059[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 18, 2000

The Spalding Memorial Library-Tioga Point Museum is an historic, American library and museum building that is located in Athens, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.

Part of the Athens Historic District,[1] it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

History and architectural features

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Built between 1897 and 1898, this historic structure is a Colonial Revival/Classical Revival-style civic building. The main section measures 60 by 38 feet (18 by 12 m), and is two-story, brick structure with Indiana limestone trim on a raised basement. It features a central entry pedimented portico reached by a set of stairs and supported by four Ionic order columns.

A two-story, rear addition was built in 1928, and measures 43 by 28 feet (13.1 by 8.5 m). An elevator tower was added to it in 1999.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. It is located in the Athens Historic District.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Barbara E. Ebert (September 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Spalding Memorial Library-Tioga Point Museum" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-02.
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