Spalding Memorial Library-Tioga Point Museum

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Spalding Memorial Library-Tioga Point Museum
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Spalding Memorial Library-Tioga Point Museum in November 2009
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Location724 S. Main St., Athens, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 41°57′6″N76°31′0″W / 41.95167°N 76.51667°W / 41.95167; -76.51667
Area1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built1897-1898, 1928
Architect Albert Hamilton Kipp; Harry Charles Child (1928 addition)
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Classical Revival
NRHP reference No. 00000059 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 18, 2000

The Spalding Memorial Library-Tioga Point Museum is an historic, American library and museum building that is located in Athens, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.

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Part of the Athens Historic District, [1] it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

History and architectural features

Built between 1897 and 1898, this historic structure is a Colonial Revival/Classical Revival-style civic building. The main section measures 60 by 38 feet (18 by 12 m), and is two-story, brick structure with Indiana limestone trim on a raised basement. It features a central entry pedimented portico reached by a set of stairs and supported by four Ionic order columns. A two-story, rear addition was built in 1928, and measures 43 by 28 feet (13.1 by 8.5 m). An elevator tower was added to it in 1999. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Barbara E. Ebert (September 1999). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Spalding Memorial Library--Tioga Point Museum. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 9, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)