{"nrhp_refnum":"86000038","name":"Langhorne Library","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"160 W. Maple Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Langhorne","county":"Bucks County","state":"PA","lat":40.17535051700003,"lon":-74.92303419399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-01-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Victorian-Romanesque Revival brick library building on a landscaped corner lot at West Maple and Hill Avenues in a residential section of Langhorne Borough, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1888.","why_significant":"The building is an architect-designed structure in a community otherwise dominated by vernacular homes and businesses. It is described as the only remaining documented structure designed by Culver and Rogers in Bucks County, and its original blueprints are held by the Historic Langhorne Association. Its interior retains close to 90% of its original appearance.","narrative":"Built in 1888 on a large, well-landscaped corner lot at West Maple and Hill Avenues, the Langhorne Library is a brick building of Victorian-Romanesque Revival design, laid out in a cruciform plan with a steep hipped slate roof and a cross gable over the entrance. Its architects were Newton H. Culver and T. Mellon Rogers of Philadelphia, partners for only about two years when the commission came. The exterior is decorated mainly through its brickwork, with molded terra-cotta pilasters, corbelled brick, and diamond-pointed diaperwork above the entrance. Inside, the building keeps grained woodwork, custom oak-grained bookcases, and two back-to-back fireplaces faced with glazed Pompeian brick. The library is regarded as significant because it is the only surviving documented building by this firm in Bucks County, and its original blueprints survive. The library's roots reach back to a Friends meeting library of the 1700s and a charter of 1802, and the 1888 building was funded by a bequest from Anne Mary Williamson.","period_of_significance":"1888","architect_builder":"Newton H. Culver & T. Mellon Rogers","architectural_style":"Victorian-Romanesque Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Maintained by the Historic Langhorne Association; the document describes it as well maintained and in use as a library with a later metal front door.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:34.070377-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/86000038.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000038/37a4328fee-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000038/37a4328fee-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Hshuvaeva","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Langhorne_Library_02.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Hshuvaeva</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:Langhorne_Library_02.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"87001993","name":"Langhorne Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/langhorne-historic-district-87001993/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996161","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langhorne_Library","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6486106"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/bucks-county/langhorne-library-86000038/"}