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Cambria Public Library Building

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
72001100

Added to NRHP
  
19 June 1972

Built
  
1890

Opened
  
1890

Cambria Public Library Building

Location
  
304 Washington St., Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Architectural style
  
Gothic, Other, French Gothic revival

Similar
  
Inclined Plane Bridge, Staple Bend Tunnel, Stone Bridge, Cambria Iron Company, Peoples Natural Gas Park

Cambria Public Library Building, also known as Carnegie Public Library, is a historic library building located at Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1890-1891, with funds provided by the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. It is one of 3,000 such libraries constructed between 1885 and 1919. Carnegie provided all funds toward the construction and maintenance of the library through 1930. It is a three-story brick building with a tile roof encased in dormers in the French Gothic revival style. It was damaged in the Johnstown Flood of 1936 and ceased to function as a library in 1971. The building houses the Johnstown Flood Museum.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. It is located in the Downtown Johnstown Historic District.

References

Cambria Public Library Building Wikipedia


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