Thomas Beaver Free Library and Danville YMCA

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Thomas Beaver Free Library and Danville YMCA
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Beaver Free Library, October 2011
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LocationE. Market and Ferry Sts., Danville, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°57′36″N76°36′23″W / 40.96000°N 76.60639°W / 40.96000; -76.60639
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1886
Built byVoris, Archibald
ArchitectWetzel, Charles
Architectural styleSecond Empire, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No. 86003578 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 15, 1987

Thomas Beaver Free Library and Danville YMCA is a historic library and YMCA located at Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania. The two attached buildings were built in 1886. They are 2+12-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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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2012.Note: This includes Douglas McMinn and Greg Ramsey (December 1969). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Thomas Beaver Free Library and Danville YMCA" (PDF). Retrieved May 27, 2012.