Amelia S. Givin Free Library

United States historic place


Amelia S. Givin Free Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Amelia S. Givin Free Library
40°6′59″N 77°11′21″W / 40.11639°N 77.18917°W / 40.11639; -77.18917
Built	1889
Architect	James T. Steen
Architectural style	Romanesque Revival
NRHP reference No.	04000841^[1]
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.
^ ^a ^b 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