Fulton Public Library is a historic

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building located at

Fulton Fulton may refer to: People * Robert Fulton (1765–1815), American engineer and inventor who developed the first commercially successful steam-powered ship * Fulton (surname) Given name * Fulton Allem (born 1957), South African golfer * Fult ...

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. It is a masonry structure built in 1905–1906 in the Beaux-Arts style. The building is built on a steeply sloped lot and is two stories at street level and four stories behind. It was designed and built with funds provided by the philanthropist

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. It is one of 3,000 such libraries constructed between 1885 and 1919, and one of 107 in New York State. Carnegie provided $15,000 toward the construction of the Fulton library. ''See also:'' It was listed on the

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in 1999.

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Home - Fulton Public LibraryFulton Public Library - Fulton, NY - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com
Library buildings completed in 1905 Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Beaux-Arts architecture in New York (state) Carnegie libraries in New York (state) Buildings and structures in Oswego County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Oswego County, New York 1905 establishments in New York (state) {{OswegoCountyNY-NRHP-stub