663 Franklin Ave., Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Beaver.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 15, 1978. NRIS 78002341.
1 contributing building.
The B.F. Jones Memorial Library is a historic library in Aliquippa, a city in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. Named for steel tycoon Benjamin Franklin Jones, it was built in 1927 with money donated by Jones' daughter.: 5 As a product of the profits of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company, for which Aliquippa was a company town, it resembled a Carnegie library.
Rated a high-quality example of small-scale Renaissance Revival architecture, the two-story library is built primarily of Indiana Limestone with a bronze roof.: 2, 7 Among its leading features are multiple plaster casts, windows of stained glass, carvings in imitation of those made by Italian sculptor Andrea della Robbia, and a large statue of Jones.: 3, 5
In 1978, the library was added to the National Register of Historic Places for its architecture and for its association with Jones in the development of Aliquippa.: 5 The library continues in operation to the present day.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994461