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Waterloo Library
Waterloo Library, August 2009
Waterloo Library is located in New York
Waterloo Library
Location31 Williams St., Waterloo, New York
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1883
Architectural styleQueen Anne
NRHP reference No.96000676[1]
Added to NRHPJune 14, 1996

Waterloo Library, also known as the Waterloo Library and Historical Society, is a historic library building located at Waterloo in Seneca County, New York. It is a two story frame structure sheathed in brick and built in 1883 in the Queen Anne style. The structure is composed of a two story main block with a three story projecting pavilion and one story intersecting gable wing. It features a number of distinctive Victorian era features such as steeply pitched and intersecting gable roofs; stone elements such as lintels, belt courses, sills, and chimney abutments and caps; and terra cotta wall surfaces and ridge blocks.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
  2. ^ Nancy L. Todd (March 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Waterloo Library". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-11-10.See also: "Accompanying four photos".