Smith Memorial Library

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Smith Memorial Library
U.S. National Historic Landmark District Contributing Property

Smith Memorial Library at the Chautauqua Institution
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Location	Chautauqua, NY
Nearest city	Jamestown
Coordinates	42°12′31.4″N 79°27′56.1″W / 42.208722°N 79.465583°W / 42.208722; -79.465583Coordinates: 42°12′31.4″N 79°27′56.1″W / 42.208722°N 79.465583°W / 42.208722; -79.465583
Built	1931
Part of	Chautauqua Institution Historic District (#73001168)
Added to NRHP	June 19, 197373001168^[1]
Designated NHLDCP	June 29, 1989^[2]

Smith Memorial Library is a member of the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System,^[3] located on Bestor Plaza on the grounds of Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York.^[4]

The library was constructed from a $69,000 gift willed from the estate of Mrs. A.M. Smith Wikles. The library serves as caretaker of the Chautauqua Institution Archives, including all Chautauqua Press publications from as early as 1876. It also houses objets d'art, books, and journals which Mrs. A.M. Smith Wikles collected on her travels.^[5]

The building is a contributing property in the Chautauqua Institution Historic District.^[4]

References

↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Chautauqua Historic District". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. 2007-09-10.
↑ "Smith Memorial Library". Chautauqua Institution. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
1 2 Carolyn Pitts (February 14, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Chautauqua Institution Historic District / Chautauqa Assembly (before 1902)" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-06-22. and Accompanying 17 photos from 1980 (5.76 MB)
↑ Crocker, Kathleen; Currie, Jane (March 19, 2001). Chautauqua Institution, 1874-1974 (Images of America: New York). Arcadia Publishing. p. 31. ISBN 978-0738505459.

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