Hamburg Public Library (Hamburg, Pennsylvania)

Hamburg Public Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	35 N. Third St., Hamburg, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°33′21″N75°59′4″W / 40.55583°N 75.98444°W / 40.55583; -75.98444
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1903-1904
Built by	Seaman, Charles F.
Architect	Driebilbis, Monroe M.
Architectural style	Romanesque Revival
NRHP reference No.	88002369 [1]
Added to NRHP	November 3, 1988

The Hamburg Public Library is an historic library building which is located in Hamburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. ^[1]

History and architectural features

Designed and built between 1903 and 1904, with funds provided in part by the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, the Hamburg Public Library is one of three thousand similar public libraries that were constructed between 1885 and 1919.

The building is an L-shaped, 1+1⁄2-story, brick structure, which was designed in the Romanesque Revival style. The entrance features a small courtyard and square portico, which is topped by an octagonal turret. The interior features an octagonal rotunda. ^[2]

Gallery

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  A 1907 postcard
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  Entrance
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  Cornerstone
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  Rotunda, looking north
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  Rotunda, looking south

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Robert E. Bartmann (July 1988). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Hamburg Public Library. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 9, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)

External links

• Hamburg Public Library website