Akin Free Library | |
 Library building in March 2007 | |
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| Location | 378 Old Quaker Hill Rd., Pawling, New York 12564 |
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| Coordinates | 41°33′32″N 73°32′57″W / 41.55889°N 73.54917°W |
| Area | 1.7 acres (0.69 ha) |
| Built | 1908 |
| Architect | John A. Wood |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian |
| NRHP reference No. | 91001726[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 21, 1991 |
The Akin Free Library on Quaker Hill is a historic eclectic late Victorian stone building in the hamlet of Quaker Hill, town of Pawling, Dutchess County, New York, USA, listed in the National Register of Historic Places as a historic place of local significance since 1991.
The Akin Free Library was a gift from the Quaker Albert J. Akin (1803–1903), founder of the Bank of Pawling and the Mizzentop Hotel on Quaker Hill.[2] The building was designed by the architect John A. Wood and constructed between 1898 and 1908. It is a 2½-story, T-plan, stone building on a raised basement with an engaged three-story central clock tower and rear annex. The building features an entrance portico, bracketed sheet copper cornice, and standing seam copper roof. Its design is Victorian eclectic.[3]: 2, 5
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]
The library itself is located on the first floor of the building. Among others, its holdings of several thousand books contain books of local interest and by local authors, a children's section, and newspaper collections.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ James H. Smith (1882). "History of Dutchess County, New York". pp. 560–61. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 1, 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-01. Note: This includes Robert D. Kuhn (October 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Akin Free Library" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-12-01. and Accompanying photographs