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Amelia S. Givin Free Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Amelia S. Givin Free Library in 2024
Location	114 North Baltimore Avenue, Mount Holly Springs, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°6′59″N 77°11′21″W / 40.11639°N 77.18917°W / 40.11639; -77.18917
Built	1889
Architect	James T. Steen
Architectural style	Romanesque Revival
NRHP reference No.	04000841
Added to NRHP	August 11, 2004

The Amelia S. Givin Free Library is a historic public library in Mount Holly Springs, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 11, 2004.

History

The library was built in 1889 and was dedicated on January 2, 1890. The library was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 11, 2004.

Architecture

It was designed by Richardsonian Romanesque student James T. Steen and is faced with Hummelstown brownstone. Design elements include intricate carvings, semicircular arched windows, crescent apse and moorish fretwork. The Amelia S. Givin Free Library "contains the most extensive and most elaborate installation of moorish fretwork still in existence today".

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. ^ Tucker, Paul (February 3, 2004). "Nomination Form" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved April 8, 2009.
3. Advertising Booklet published by the Hummelstown Brownstone Co. p.27, circa 1907

External links

• Official website
• Amelia S. Givin Free Library Archived November 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

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