Built 1927 Opened 1927 Added to NRHP 15 December 1978 | NRHP Reference # 78002341 Area 2,400 m² | |
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Location 663 Franklin Ave., Aliquippa, Pennsylvania Architect A & S Wilson Co., et al. Architectural style Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Renaissance revival Similar Carnegie Free Library of, Aliquippa Station, Matthew S Quay House, Captain William Vicary Ho, Greersburg Academy | ||
The B.F. Jones Memorial Library is a historic library in Aliquippa, a city in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. Named for steel tycoon Benjamin Franklin Jones, it was built in 1927 with money donated by Jones' daughter. As a product of the profits of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company, for which Aliquippa was a company town, it resembled a Carnegie library.
Rated a high-quality example of small-scale Renaissance Revival architecture, the two-story library is built primarily of Indiana Limestone with a bronze roof. Among its leading features are multiple plaster casts, windows of stained glass, carvings in imitation of those made by Italian sculptor Andrea della Robbia, and a large statue of Jones.
In 1978, the library was added to the National Register of Historic Places for its architecture and for its association with Jones in the development of Aliquippa. The library continues in operation to the present day.