Old Washington County Library is a historic
library
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building located at 21 Summit Avenue in
Hagerstown,
Washington County, Maryland
Washington County is located in the western part of the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population was 154,705. Its county seat is Hagerstown. Washington County was the first county in the United States to be named for the ...
,
United States
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. It is a two-story Neo-
Georgian
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stone masonry structure of monumental proportions, built 1900–01. The building appears to be one huge story from the façade. The building was designed by the noted late 19th-century American architect
Bruce Price
Bruce Price (December 12, 1845 – May 29, 1903) was an American architect and an innovator in the Shingle Style. The stark geometry and compact massing of his cottages in Tuxedo Park, New York, influenced Modernist architects, including ...
(1845–1903) and erected for the Washington County Free Library. It was used by the library until 1965.
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1978.
References
External links
*, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust
Library buildings completed in 1901
Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
Buildings and structures in Hagerstown, Maryland
National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Maryland
Bruce Price buildings
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