{"nrhp_refnum":"12000210","name":"Reaney, Margaret, Memorial Library","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"19 Kingsbury Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"St. Johnsville","county":"Montgomery County","state":"NY","lat":42.998869445000025,"lon":-74.67631249099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-04-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick Classical Revival public library and museum at 19 Kingsbury Avenue in the village of Saint Johnsville, Montgomery County, New York. The original block dates to 1909 and a memorial addition was built in 1936.","why_significant":"The nomination cites the building under architecture, as a Classical Revival library with a later compatible addition, and under social history, as a community institution funded by the Reaney family. The grounds include a memorial park and a 1898 bronze sculpture that contribute to the property.","narrative":"Margaret Reaney Memorial Library occupies a large corner lot at Kingsbury Avenue and New Street in Saint Johnsville. The brick building began in 1909 as a cruciform structure designed by Carl Haug of Little Falls and built by Edward Everett, with funding from local businessman Joseph Reaney. A 1936 addition by Fred Haug, containing the memorial Reading Room, gave the building its present H-shaped footprint. The front facade has a pedimented cast stone entrance carrying the words \"PVBLIC LIBRARY.\" Interiors include period tile flooring, plaster coved ceilings, and two marble fireplaces with neoclassical motifs. The rooms are filled with museum collections, and the library still operates alongside the museum. The grounds hold a village memorial park with a Civil War soldiers monument and an 1898 bronze sculpture of a woman and a lion by Roland Hinton Perry. The property is significant for its Classical Revival design and for its role in the cultural life of the community from 1909 onward.","period_of_significance":"1909-1960","architect_builder":"Carl Haug (1909 block); Fred Haug (1936 addition); Edward Everett, builder (1909)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a library and museum.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.483921-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/12000210.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000210/9c9b86086e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000210/9c9b86086e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jud McCranie","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Margaret_Reaney_Memorial_Library,_St._Johnsville,_NY,_US.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jud McCranie</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Margaret_Reaney_Memorial_Library,_St._Johnsville,_NY,_US.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100003628","name":"St. Johnsville Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/st-johnsville-historic-district-100003628/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319038","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Reaney_Memorial_Library","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23092024"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/montgomery-county/reaney-margaret-memorial-library-12000210/"}