Black Watch Library

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Black Watch Library
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Black Watch Library, May 2009
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Location161 Montcalm St., Ticonderoga, New York
Coordinates 43°50′54″N73°25′34″W / 43.84833°N 73.42611°W / 43.84833; -73.42611 Coordinates: 43°50′54″N73°25′34″W / 43.84833°N 73.42611°W / 43.84833; -73.42611
Arealess than one acre
Built1905
Architectural styleTudor Revival, Jacobean Revival
MPS Ticonderoga MRA
NRHP reference No. 88002199 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 15, 1988

Black Watch Library is a historic library building located at Ticonderoga in Essex County, New York. It was built in 1905 and is a one-story brick structure with a cruciform plan in the Jacobean Revival style. It features a blue / green slate gable roof with projecting rafter ends. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Christine May (May 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Black Watch Library". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2010-06-26.