Built 1889 Opened 1889 | NRHP Reference # 04000841 Added to NRHP 11 August 2004 | |
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Architectural styles Romanesque architecture, Romanesque Revival architecture | ||
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.
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History
The library was built in 1889 and was dedicated on January 2, 1890. 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. 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".
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