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The Spalding Memorial Library-Tioga Point Museum is an historic, American library and museum building that is located in Athens, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Part of the Athens Historic District, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.


History and architectural features

Built between 1897 and 1898, this historic structure is a Colonial Revival/ Classical Revival-style civic building. The main section measures , and is two-story, brick structure with Indiana limestone trim on a raised basement. It features a central entry pedimented
portico A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cult ...
reached by a set of stairs and supported by four
Ionic order The Ionic order is one of the three canonic orders of classical architecture, the other two being the Doric and the Corinthian. There are two lesser orders: the Tuscan (a plainer Doric), and the rich variant of Corinthian called the composite or ...
columns. A two-story, rear addition was built in 1928, and measures . An elevator tower was added to it in 1999. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. It is located in the Athens Historic District.


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Spalding Memorial Library websiteTioga Point Museum website
{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Library buildings completed in 1898 Museums in Bradford County, Pennsylvania Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Colonial Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Neoclassical architecture in Pennsylvania Buildings and structures in Bradford County, Pennsylvania History museums in Pennsylvania Native American museums in Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Bradford County, Pennsylvania Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Pennsylvania