| St. Johnsbury Athenaeum | |
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| Location | St. Johnsbury, Vermont |
| Established | 1871 |
| Other information | |
| Website | http://www.stjathenaeum.org/ |
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum | |
 The Athenaeum in 1906 | |
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| Location | St. Johnsbury, Vermont |
| Coordinates | 44°25′6.38″N 72°1′15.72″W / 44.4184389°N 72.0210333°W |
| Built | 1871 |
| Architect | John Davis Hatch III |
| Architectural style | Second Empire |
| NRHP reference No. | 96000970 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | July 18, 1996[1] |
| Designated NHL | July 18, 1996[2] |
The St. Johnsbury Athenaeum (often written St. Johnsbury Athenæum) is a combined library and art gallery, in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. The building in which it is housed is architecturally and historically significant because of its construction. The Athenaeum is also noted for the American landscape paintings and books in its collection and its having been funded by Horace Fairbanks, manufacturer of the world's first platform scale. The art collection contains a number of Hudson River School paintings. This building retains a strong Victorian (French Second Empire) flavor of the 19th century.[3]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "New York Public Library". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. September 16, 2007. Archived from the original on December 5, 2007.
- ^ National Historical Landmarks government website