The Amelia S. Givin Free Library is a historic public library

Public library

A public library is a library that is accessible by the public and is generally funded from public sources and operated by civil servants. There are five fundamental characteristics shared by public libraries...

 in Mount Holly Springs

Mount Holly Springs, Pennsylvania

Mount Holly Springs is a borough in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,925 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

, Cumberland County

Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

Cumberland County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and is one of three counties comprising the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the population was 235,406.-History:...

, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 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

Richardsonian Romanesque

Richardsonian Romanesque is a style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after architect Henry Hobson Richardson, whose masterpiece is Trinity Church, Boston , designated a National Historic Landmark...

 student James T. Steen. 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
  National Register of Historic Places listings in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
  This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on National Register of Historic Places in the Cumberland County, Pennsylvania...
  
  

External links

• Amelia S. Givin Free Library