Thomas Beaver Free Library and Danville YMCA | |
Location | E. Market and Ferry Sts., Danville, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°57′36″N76°36′23″W / 40.96000°N 76.60639°W |
Area | 0.3 acres (0.12 ha) |
Built | 1886 |
Built by | Voris, Archibald |
Architect | Wetzel, Charles |
Architectural style | Second Empire, Queen Anne |
NRHP reference No. | 86003578 [1] |
Added to NRHP | January 15, 1987 |
Thomas Beaver Free Library and Danville YMCA is a historic library and former YMCA located at Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania. The two attached buildings were built in 1886. They are 2+1⁄2-story, sandstone buildings with slate roofs in a combined Queen Anne / Second Empire style. The buildings feature an octagonal cupola, corbelled stone chimneys, a hipped roof tower, and terra cotta ornament. [2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [1]
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