Alexandria Memorial Public Library, Hartslog & Main Streets, Alexandria, Huntingdon County, PA

Significance: The Alexandria Memorial Public Library is one of the most formal and high-style buildings in town. Two of Alexandria's leading citizens and philanthropists, William Woolverton and William Thompson, donated it to Alexandria, though it served as the first such facility in the three counties of Huntingdon, Blair, and Bedford. This is the only library donated to any community in Huntingdon County, a precept modeled after the library-building program of Andrew Carnegie. The building, a good example of turn-of-the-century civic architecture, is rivaled in size only by the Presbyterian Church.
Survey number: HABS PA-5414
Building/structure dates: 1901 Initial Construction