Amelia S. Givin Free Library

Amelia S. Givin Free Library
Amelia S. Givin Free Library in 2024
Location114 North Baltimore Avenue,
Mount Holly Springs, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°6′59″N 77°11′21″W / 40.11639°N 77.18917°W / 40.11639; -77.18917
Built1889
ArchitectJames T. Steen
Architectural styleRomanesque Revival
NRHP reference No.04000841[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 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 and is faced with Hummelstown brownstone.[2] [3] 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".

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b Paul Tucker (February 3, 2004). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Givin, Amelia S., Free Library. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 16, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
  3. ^ Advertising Booklet published by the Hummelstown Brownstone Co. p.27, circa 1907
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