Hamburg Public Library (Hamburg, Pennsylvania)

	Hamburg Public Library
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	35 N. Third St., Hamburg, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°33′21″N 75°59′4″W / 40.55583°N 75.98444°WCoordinates: 40°33′21″N 75°59′4″W / 40.55583°N 75.98444°W
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1903-1904
Built by	Seaman, Charles F.
Architect	Driebilbis, Monroe M.
Architectural style	Romanesque Revival
NRHP reference No.	88002369
Added to NRHP	November 3, 1988

Hamburg Public Library is a historic library building located at Hamburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was designed and built in 1903–1904, with funds provided in part by the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. It is one of 3,000 such libraries constructed between 1885 and 1919. The building is an "L"-shaped, 1 1/2-story, brick structure in the Romanesque Revival style. The entrance features a small courtyard and square portico topped by an octagonal turret. The interior features an octagonal rotunda.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[1]

Gallery[]

A 1907 postcard
Entrance
Cornerstone
Rotunda, looking north
Rotunda, looking south

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Robert E. Bartmann (July 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hamburg Public Library" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-09-15.

External links[]

Hamburg Public Library website

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[nris-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[arch-2] "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Robert E. Bartmann (July 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hamburg Public Library" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-09-15.

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