Southworth Library (Dryden, New York)

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Southworth Library
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Southworth Library in January 2010
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Location24 W. Main St., Dryden, New York
Coordinates 42°29′26″N76°17′58″W / 42.49056°N 76.29944°W / 42.49056; -76.29944
Arealess than one acre
Built1894
ArchitectMiller, William Henry; Allington, J. & Son
MPS Dryden Village MRA
NRHP reference No. 84003195 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 08, 1984

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. [2] It was designed with open grid flooring in stack rooms to facilitate air circulation and two reading rooms. [3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1]

The library was founded by Jennie McGraw. It opened in an existing building on South and Main Streets on September 25, 1884 [3] 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. [4] 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. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Karen Glazener (1982). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Southworth Library". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on 2012-09-27. Retrieved 2009-11-10.See also: "Accompanying six photos". Archived from the original on 2012-09-27. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
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  4. George E. Goodrich (1898). "The McGraw Family in Dryden". Centennial History of Dryden. J.G. Ford. pp. 113–114, 217. Retrieved February 8, 2017.