Old Stone House Library, The

36 St. George St., Fort Ann, New York. County/parish: Washington.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 06, 2013. NRIS 13000055.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Shipman-Swift House

From Wikipedia:

Old Stone House Library

Old Stone House Library, also known as the Shipman-Swift House, is a historic library building located at Fort Ann, Washington County, New York. It was built about 1825, as a private dwelling and converted for use as a library in 1922. It is a two-story, five-bay, Potsdam sandstone building with a small frame rear ell. The building has Federal and Greek Revival style design elements. The building was purchased and donated to the community by George Owen Knapp (1855-1945).: 3–4, 7 

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.

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