Langhorne Library
The Langhorne Library is an historic, American library building that is located in Langhorne, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Langhorne Library | |
 Langhorne Library. September 2012. | |
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| Location | 160 W. Maple Ave., Langhorne, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°10′31″N 74°55′24″W |
| Area | 0.4 acres (0.16 ha) |
| Built | 1888 |
| Architect | Newton Culver, T. Mellon Rogers |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian, Eclectic Victorian |
| NRHP reference No. | 86000038[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 9, 1986 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986,[1] is located in the Langhorne Historic District, which was added to the register in 1987.
History and architectural features
Built in 1888, this historic structure is a cruciform-shaped, one-and-three-quarter-story, brick structure that was designed in a Victorian-Romanesque Revival style. It has a steep, slate covered hipped roof, a narrow cross-gable over the entrance, and smaller gables. The building also features pilasters with terra cotta capitals and terra cotta decorative panels. It housed the public library until the 1970s, after which it became home to the Historic Langhorne Association.[2] It continues to house a local history reference library and museum.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1] It is located in the Langhorne Historic District, listed in 1987.
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Kathryn Ann Auerbach and Jeffrey L. Marshell (September 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Langhorne Library" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-09-29.
External links
Media related to Langhorne Library at Wikimedia Commons
