Waterloo Library

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Waterloo Library
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Waterloo Library, August 2009
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Location31 Williams St., Waterloo, New York
Coordinates 42°54′20″N76°51′40″W / 42.90556°N 76.86111°W / 42.90556; -76.86111
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1883
Architectural style Queen Anne
NRHP reference No. 96000676 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 14, 1996

Waterloo Library, also known as the Waterloo Library and Historical Society, is a historic library building located at Waterloo in Seneca County, New York. The second story of the two-story frame structure contains a small theater.

It was built in 1883 in the Queen Anne style and is sheathed in brick. The structure is composed of a two-story main block with a three-story projecting pavilion and one-story intersecting gable wing. It features a number of distinctive Victorian era features such as steeply pitched and intersecting gable roofs; stone elements such as lintels, belt courses, sills, and chimney abutments and caps; and terra cotta wall surfaces and ridge blocks. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. [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. Nancy L. Todd (March 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Waterloo Library". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2009-11-10.See also: "Accompanying four photos".