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Southworth Library

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Built
  
1894

NRHP Reference #
  
84003195

Area
  
3,642 m²

Added to NRHP
  
8 June 1984

MPS
  
Dryden Village MRA

Opened
  
1894

Phone
  
+1 607-844-4782

Southworth Library

Location
  
24 W. Main St., Dryden, New York

Architect
  
Miller, William Henry; Allington, J. & Son

Address
  
24 W Main St, Dryden, NY 13053, USA

Hours
  
Open today · 11AM–5:30PMTuesday11AM–5:30PMWednesday1:30–7PMThursday11AM–5:30PMFriday11AM–7PMSaturday10AM–2PMSundayClosedMonday1:30–7PMSuggest an edit

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Southworth Library is a historic library building located at Dryden in Tompkins County, New York. It is a 1 12-story masonry building with a steeply pitched gable roof. It features a prominent bell tower with a Seth Thomas clock and circular windows include carved stone gargoyles. It is a distinctive, small scale example of Eclectic style civic architecture. It was designed with open grid flooring in stack rooms to facilitate air circulation and two reading rooms. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

The library was founded by Jennie McGraw. It opened in an existing building on South and Main Streets on September 25, 1884 and later in a building constructed for the library in 1894. McGraw was the granddaughter of John Southworth of Dryden, who became a millionaire working as a farmer. She used money to create a memorial to her mother and grandfather by establishing a $30,000 trust fund to build and maintain a library in Dryden. On April 22, 1883, the Southworth Library Association was incorporated.

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Southworth Library Wikipedia