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Southworth Library

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Southworth Library is a historic library building located at Dryden in Tompkins County, New York. It is a -story masonry building with a steeply pitched gable roof. It features a prominent bell tower with a Seth Thomas clock and circular windows include carved stone gargoyles. It is a distinctive, small scale example of Eclectic style civic architecture.See also: It was designed with open grid flooring in stack rooms to facilitate air circulation and two reading rooms. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. Read more on Wikipedia

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