Tuscarawas County Public Library – New Philadelphia OH

City:
New Philadelphia, OH

Site Type:
Education and Health, Libraries

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)

Description

"The circulation of library books in New Philadelphia doubled in a period of 6 years, reaching 133,000 in the first 6 months of 1935. The public library is also the library for the county schools.

The new building, which was badly needed, is 2 stories in height and 104 by 53 feet in over-all dimensions. It houses on the ground floor an auditorium seating 200 with a well-equipped stage and a research reading room, and on the first floor, adult and children's reading rooms, a control room between the two, and the stack room.

The structure is fireproof. The exterior walls are faced with red brick trimmed with limestone. It has a volume of 172,000 cubic feet and was completed in December 1936 at a construction cost of $54,195 and a project cost of $57,876."

Source notes

C.W. Short and R. Stanley-Brown. "Public Buildings: A Survey of Architecture of Projects Constructed by Federal and Other Governmental Bodies Between the Years 1933 and 1939 with the Assistance of the Public Works Administration." (1939).

Location Info


121 Fair Ave. NW
New Philadelphia, OH 44663

Location notes:

Coordinates: 40.491710, -81.44590

Site Details

Total Cost
$57,876.00

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