Northport Public Library

Northport Public Library
The historic Northport Public Library, now a local history museum.
Location 215 Main St., Northport, New York
Coordinates 40°54′5″N 73°20′38″W / 40.90139°N 73.34389°W / 40.90139; -73.34389Coordinates: 40°54′5″N 73°20′38″W / 40.90139°N 73.34389°W / 40.90139; -73.34389
Area less than one acre
Built 1914
Architect Donnell, Harry E.; Vail & Call
Architectural style Jacobethan
NRHP reference # 96001429[1]
Added to NRHP December 6, 1996

Northport Public Library is a historic library building located at Northport in Suffolk County, New York. It was designed and built in 1914, with funds provided by the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. It is one of 3,000 such libraries constructed between 1885 and 1919, and one of 107 in New York State. Carnegie provided $10,000 toward the construction of the Northport library. It is a small masonry structure in the Jacobethan Revival style. It consists of a primary gable front section housing the stacks and reading room, and a secondary side gable wing containing the entrance vestibule and staircase. It features a slate roof and barrel vaulted reading room. It was expanded in 1958.

The building functioned as a library until 1967; in 1974 it became home to the Northport Historical Society Museum.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ John Auwaerter (September 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Northport Public Library". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-02-20. See also: "Accompanying 10 photos".

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