{"nrhp_refnum":"01000576","name":"Skene Memorial Library","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Main St.-Old NY 28","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fleischmanns","county":"Delaware County","state":"NY","lat":42.155247522000025,"lon":-74.52891600999999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-05-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, L-shaped wood-frame library building on Main Street (Old NY 28) in the village of Fleischmanns, Delaware County, New York, constructed in 1901 and designed by architects H.G. and M.L. Emery.","why_significant":"It is a distinctive, intact example of an early twentieth century public library and has served as a center of community life in Fleischmanns for more than a century. Its eclectic late Victorian design combines Queen Anne and Shingle style features typical of resort-era village architecture. It was funded in part by a $5,000 Carnegie gift and dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alexander Skene.","narrative":"Built in 1901 on Main Street in Fleischmanns, in the Catskill Mountains, this small wood-frame library combines Queen Anne and Shingle style elements. It is L-shaped, with tall hipped roofs on broad bracketed eaves, wood-shingle walls, an engaged octagonal tower and a gabled porch with Doric posts. Inside, a central reading room flanks a west reading room with a stone fireplace and an east stage, and original hardwood floors survive. Annette Skene promoted the project from 1894 and dedicated it to her first husband, Dr. Alexander Skene, a noted gynecologist and summer resident. Local residents, summer visitors and Andrew Carnegie, who gave $5,000, paid for construction. The architects were Henry George Emery and Marshall Lansing Emery, with Crosby Kelly as builder. The library has hosted fairs, lectures, recitals, theater productions, movies and town meetings, and it still operates as a library with an exterior that retains nearly all of its original design.","period_of_significance":"1901","architect_builder":"H.G. and M.L. Emory, architects; Crosby Kelly, builder","architectural_style":"Shingle Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Continues to function as a library as originally intended; the exterior retains almost complete integrity, and one rear room is now used as the village clerk's office.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.517058-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/01000576.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000576/572bbbb17b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000576/572bbbb17b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skene_Memorial_Library,_Fleischmanns,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skene_Memorial_Library,_Fleischmanns,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317269","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skene_Memorial_Library","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7534567"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/delaware-county/skene-memorial-library-01000576/"}