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Langhorne Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Langhorne Library. September 2012.
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Location	160 W. Maple Ave., Langhorne, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°10′31″N 74°55′24″W / 40.17528°N 74.92333°W / 40.17528; -74.92333
Area	0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Built	1888
Architect	Newton Culver, T. Mellon Rogers
Architectural style	Late Victorian, Eclectic Victorian
NRHP reference No.	86000038
Added to NRHP	January 9, 1986

The Langhorne Library is an historic, American library building that is located in Langhorne, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, is located in the Langhorne Historic District, which was added to the register in 1987.

History and architectural features

Built in 1888, this historic structure is a cruciform-shaped, one-and-three-quarter-story, brick structure that was designed in a Victorian-Romanesque Revival style. It has a steep, slate covered hipped roof, a narrow cross-gable over the entrance, and smaller gables. The building also features pilasters with terra cotta capitals and terra cotta decorative panels. It housed the public library until the 1970s, after which it became home to the Historic Langhorne Association. It continues to house a local history reference library and museum.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. It is located in the Langhorne Historic District, listed in 1987.

References

1. ^ "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" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Kathryn Ann Auerbach and Jeffrey L. Marshell (September 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Langhorne Library" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-09-29.

External links

Media related to Langhorne Library at Wikimedia Commons

• Historic Langhorne Association website: Historic Langhorne Library

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