Huntington Library - Oneonta Downtown Historic District - Oneonta, NY
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N 42° 27.233 W 075° 03.868
18T E 494699 N 4700174
Oneonta Library, ... chartered in 1893, moved into the Huntington homestead in 1918. Henry E. Huntington, a railroad magnate and collector of art and rare books, was also the founder of Huntington Library in California.
Waymark Code: WMQW0B
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 04/03/2016
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USN 07740.000021 section 7 page 6
"Two-story, frame Italianate style house with deep eaves and cornice with scrolled brackets; regular fenestration plan with square-headed windows and scrollwork above; porch in southwest corner of house enclosed for use as children's room and three-story addition to rear for reading rooms and stacks, pre1960; interior alterations in 1968 include dropped ceilings and wall-to-wall carpets; gazebo entrance added 1980-1981; fire exit stairwell added 1984; vinyl siding and replacement sash. Built 1880... The library was built originally as a house for Solon and Harriet Huntington by Solon's brother Collis, in 1880. It cost $7,000."
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"Huntington Memorial Library is the largest library in Otsego County, New York and is located in the City of Oneonta."
"On February 9, 1893, Huntington Memorial Library was granted a charter from the State of New York....In 1909, the library owned 9,000 books and had a circulation of 32,278. At the library board meeting of November 1917, a letter from Henry E. Huntington was received proposing that he donate his old family homestead as a permanent home for the library and endow it with a trust fund for its support. The only thing he asked in return was that the library be renamed “The Huntington Memorial Library” to honor his parents."
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"Henry E. Huntington (1850 - 1927) and widowed Arabella Huntington (c.1850-1924); Henry was a native of Oneonta, NY. Donated former family homestead in Oneonta, NY to become Huntington Memorial Library and park. Founder of the Huntington Library in California."