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Bolivar Free Library

Coordinates: 42°4′25.086″N 78°9′49.2876″W / 42.07363500°N 78.163691000°W / 42.07363500; -78.163691000
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Bolivar Free Library
Bolivar Free Library is located in New York
Bolivar Free Library
Bolivar Free Library is located in the United States
Bolivar Free Library
Location390 Main St., Bolivar, New York
Coordinates42°4′25.086″N 78°9′49.2876″W / 42.07363500°N 78.163691000°W / 42.07363500; -78.163691000
Arealess than one acre
Built1910
ArchitectPrichell, E.F.
Architectural styleMission/Spanish Revival
NRHP reference No.03000606[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 05, 2003

Bolivar Free Library is a historic Carnegie library building located at Bolivar in Allegany County, New York. It is one of 3,000 such libraries constructed between 1885 and 1919. Carnegie provided $5,000 toward the construction of the Bolivar Free Library. It is a 48-by-32-foot (14.6 by 9.8 m), Mission style structure constructed 1910–1911.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Virginia L. Bartos (November 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Bolivar Free Library". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-06-14. See also: "Accompanying 10 photos".
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