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Ross Memorial Library Building, Main Street between Sixth & Seventh Avenues, 1 mile north of Interstate 80, Exit 9, Clarion, Clarion County, PA
Ross Memorial Library Building, Main Street between Sixth & Seventh Avenues, 1 mile north of Interstate 80, Exit 9, Clarion, Clarion County, PA
Ross Memorial Library Building, Main Street between Sixth & Seventh Avenues, 1 mile north of Interstate 80, Exit 9, Clarion, Clarion County, PA
Ross Memorial Library Building, Main Street between Sixth & Seventh Avenues, 1 mile north of Interstate 80, Exit 9, Clarion, Clarion County, PA
Ross Memorial Library Building, Main Street between Sixth & Seventh Avenues, 1 mile north of Interstate 80, Exit 9, Clarion, Clarion County, PA
Ross Memorial Library Building, Main Street between Sixth & Seventh Avenues, 1 mile north of Interstate 80, Exit 9, Clarion, Clarion County, PA
Ross Memorial Library Building, Main Street between Sixth & Seventh Avenues, 1 mile north of Interstate 80, Exit 9, Clarion, Clarion County, PA
Ross Memorial Library Building, Main Street between Sixth & Seventh Avenues, 1 mile north of Interstate 80, Exit 9, Clarion, Clarion County, PA
Ross Memorial Library Building, Main Street between Sixth & Seventh Avenues, 1 mile north of Interstate 80, Exit 9, Clarion, Clarion County, PA
Ross Memorial Library Building, Main Street between Sixth & Seventh Avenues, 1 mile north of Interstate 80, Exit 9, Clarion, Clarion County, PA
Summary
Significance: Excellent example of Carnegiesque influence in civic architecture of the period. Small stone building with flat roof and pedimented portico. The roof edge is balustraded and the pediment features an open book motif framed by leafy vines. The pediment is supported by Doric columns and the doorway has a bracketed cornice with dentils and a transom. Stone laid in even courses, projecting in foundation. Rear addition: Ross Auditorium.
Survey number: HABS PA-5353
Building/structure dates: 1929- 1930 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1978 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1985 Subsequent Work
Tags
libraries
stone buildings
reading
clarion pa
ross
memorial
library
ross memorial library
main street
seventh avenues
interstate
exit
clarion
clarion county
pennsylvania
emmett e bailey
john evans
henry fueg
historic american buildings survey
l o bouquin and company
john d ross
mary a ross
joanne vavrek
ultra high resolution
high resolution
architecture
street view
exterior
library of congress
Date
1930 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Bailey, Emmett E
L. O. Bouquin & Company
Ross, John D
Ross, Mary A
Fueg, Henry, photographer
Evans, John, historian
Vavrek, Joanne, historian
Location
Clarion (Pa.)
,
41.21479, -79.38532
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html