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Sherman Free Library

Coordinates: 44°2′51″N 73°27′38″W / 44.04750°N 73.46056°W / 44.04750; -73.46056
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Sherman Free Library
Sherman Free Library, November 2010
Sherman Free Library is located in New York
Sherman Free Library
Sherman Free Library is located in the United States
Sherman Free Library
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Interactive map showing the location for Sherman Free Library
Location20 Church St., Town of Moriah, Port Henry, New York
Coordinates44°2′51″N 73°27′38″W / 44.04750°N 73.46056°W / 44.04750; -73.46056
Arealess than one acre
Built1887
ArchitectSlocum, S. Gifford; Case Brothers
Architectural styleRomanesque
MPSMoriah MPS
NRHP reference No.95000595[1]
Added to NRHPJune 1, 1995

Sherman Free Library is an historic public library, located in the hamlet of Port Henry, in Essex County, New York. It was built in 1887 and has two rooms, and is a 1+12-story brick building topped by slate-covered, steeply pitched gable roofs, on a limestone foundation. An addition was built in 1907. It features deeply arched fenestration in the Richardsonian Romanesque style.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[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. ^ Linda M. Garofalini (February 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Sherman Free Library". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-06-26. See also: "Accompanying 11 photos".