The Carnegie Library in North Tonawanda, New York is a historic Carnegie library building designed and built in 1903 with funds provided by the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. It is in Niagara County, New York, and one of 3,000 Carnegie libraries constructed between 1885 and 1919, including 107 in New York State.
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 North Tonawanda Carnegie Library, November 2008 | |
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| Location | 249 Goundry St., North Tonawanda, New York |
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| Coordinates | 43°1′35″N 78°52′9″W / 43.02639°N 78.86917°W |
| Built | 1903 |
| Architect | E. E. Joralemon |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 95000851 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 14, 1995 |
Carnegie provided $20,000 toward the construction of the North Tonawanda Library. It is a low one-story brick structure with a basement in the Classical Revival style. The interior features wood paneling, elaborate plaster moldings and trim, mosaic tile floors, and a large stained glass skylight.
The building functioned as a library until 1976 when it became home to the Carnegie Art Center of the Tonawandas' Council on the Arts.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Kathleen LaFrank (April 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Carnegie Library" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying seven photographs