Adriance Memorial Library at Poughkeepsie
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The Adriance Memorial
Library
The Tennessee marble
Adriance Memorial Library is the
Poughkeepsie Public Library District’s main
public library. It serves Poughkeepsie in
New York, and is located on Market Street,
which is to the south of downtown. It is one
of the member libraries of the Mid-Hudson
Library System, which is headquartered in an
adjacent building.
The library, which was named after the
family who funded its construction in 1897,
is the third oldest
tax-supported library in
America, and is the oldest in the New York
State. The Adriance Memorial Library dates
back to 1839 at different sites before the
construction of the current structure. In
1922, the building was expanded, and in
1982, it was listed on the National Register
of Historic Places.
The most distinguishing exterior feature of
the single-storey Adriance Memorial Library
is probably its dome. The building features
a central pavilion highlighted by four
towering Corinthian columns that support an
intricately crafted cornice and a parapet
roof.
The façade of the library is
decorated with swag and torch motifs. The
interiors of the building feature beautigul
oak woodwork and charming Tiffany brass
plaques. The Adriance Memorial Library is
classified by some as a Renaissance Revival
piece, while others consider it to be
Classical Revival building.
