The Gloversville Public Library, located at 58 East Fulton Street in

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, was constructed in 1904 with funds provided by the philanthropist

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. It is one of 3,000 such Carnegie libraries constructed between 1885 and 1919, and one of 107 in New York State. Carnegie contributed $50,000 toward the cost to build. His name is inscribed on the building's entrance. The building is a two-story Beaux-Arts style building, designed by

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architect

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. It consists of four parts: a domed entrance hall containing stairwells, a large central stack space, and two flanking wings that meet the central axis at a 45-degree angle. ''See also:'' It was listed on the

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in 1976 as the "Gloversville Free Library". Predecessors of the current Gloversville Public Library, which was incorporated as a school district public library in 2005, include the Gloversville Free Library – an association library from 1888 to 2005 – and the Levi Parsons Library of Gloversville and Kingsborough, a subscription library from 1880 to 1888. The Gloversville Public Library reopened on November 5, 2018 after undergoing the renovation of the historic

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building

References

External links

Gloversville Public Library website
Library buildings completed in 1904 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 Fulton County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Fulton County, New York {{FultonCountyNY-NRHP-stub