Gloversville Free Library


Gloversville Free Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Gloversville Free Library, August 2010
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Location	58 E. Fulton St., Gloversville, New York
Coordinates	43°3′1″N 74°20′36″W / 43.05028°N 74.34333°W / 43.05028; -74.34333Coordinates: 43°3′1″N 74°20′36″W / 43.05028°N 74.34333°W / 43.05028; -74.34333
Area	less than one acre
Built	1904
Architect	Ross, Albert Randolph
Architectural style	Beaux Arts
NRHP Reference #	76001219^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 24, 1976

Gloversville Free Library is a historic library building located at Gloversville in Fulton County, New York. It was built in 1904, with funds provided by the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. It is one of 3,000 such libraries constructed between 1885 and 1919, and one of 107 in New York State. Carnegie contributed $50,000 toward the cost to build. It is a two story Beaux-Arts style building. It consists of four parts: a domed entrance hall containing stairwells, a large central stack space, and two flanking wings that meet the central axis at a 45-degree angle.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Doris Vanderlipp Manley and Kathleen Kosuda (December 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Gloversville Free Library". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-06-14. See also: "Accompanying six photos".

External links

Gloversville Free Library website

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