National Register of Historic Places
Amelia S. Givin Free Library
Listed federally as Givin, Amelia S., Free Library
Mt. Holly Springs, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
The record
- Listed
- August 11, 2004
- Type
- Building
- Address
- 114 N. Baltimore Ave., Mt. Holly Springs
- County
- Cumberland
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Period of significance
- 1875 to 1974
- Contributing resources
- 1 building
- Coordinates
- 40.11637, -77.18888
- Reference number
- 04000841
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The story
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The Amelia S. Givin Free Library is a library building at 114 N. Baltimore Ave. in Mt. Holly Springs, built in 1889 in the Romanesque Revival and Late Victorian styles. James T. Steen was its architect; George Rice and Moses Y. Ransom are named as builders.
Why it's listed
It was listed under criteria A and C, with criteria consideration G, for local-level significance in architecture and social history. Its period of significance runs from 1889 to 1954, the year the library was built.
Physical character
The one-story brownstone building has a slate roof and an asymmetrical plan combining a gambrel roof, intersecting gables, and a two-story engaged circular tower under a conical slate roof. Its main entrance, on the west, is raised and recessed beneath a broad, semicircular arch, and Moorish fretwork decorates the building. Inside are a cast iron spiral stair, oak paneling, a faux mosaic tile floor, and a stone-and-brick fireplace. In 1987 a brick addition was built onto the rear east facade, and the south door became a window.
Historical context
Amelia S. Givin announced plans for a free library in 1889 and presented it to the borough in 1890. The building served as a house museum from 1890 to 1954.