File:Ross Memorial Library Building, Main Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, 1 mile north of Interstate 80, Exit 9, Clarion, Clarion County, PA HABS PA,16-CLAR,1-3.tif

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- Ross Memorial Library Building, Main Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, 1 mile north of Interstate 80, Exit 9, Clarion, Clarion County, PA
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- Ross Memorial Library Building, Main Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, 1 mile north of Interstate 80, Exit 9, Clarion, Clarion County, PA
Description
Bailey, Emmett E; L. O. Bouquin and Company; Ross, John D; Ross, Mary A; Fueg, Henry, photographer; Evans, John, historian; Vavrek, Joanne, historian
Depicted place Pennsylvania; Clarion County; Clarion
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS PA,16-CLAR,1-3
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • 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
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa1738.photos.355733p
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