Amelia S. Givin Free Library

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.