Keene Valley Library, Adirondack Park

Name: Keene Valley Library
Address: 1796 Nys Route 73, Adirondack Park, United States

#175 among attractions in Adirondack Park

Library, Shingle style architecture

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Keene Valley Library is a historic library building located at Keene Valley in Essex County, New York. The original building was built in 1896, with additions completed in 1923, 1931, 1962, and 1985. The original main block is a one-story timber frame structure on a random ashlar foundation. The building exhibits features of the Shingle Style and Adirondack Architecture. ()

Built: 1896 (128 years ago)Coordinates: 44°11'26"N, 73°47'10"W

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1796 Nys Route 73Adirondack Park United States

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Keene Valley Library – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cascade Mountain, Gothics, Ausable Club, Hurricane Mountain Fire Observation Station.

4.1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cascade Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area
106 min walk • Cascade Mountain is in Essex County of New York. It is one of the 46 Adirondack High Peaks and is located in the Adirondack Park. Its name comes from a series of waterfalls on a brook near the mountain's base. The lake it flows into and the pass between Cascade and Pitchoff mountains are also named Cascade.
5.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Gothics, Keene
143 min walk • Gothics is a mountain in the High Peaks Region of the Adirondack Mountains. The mountain gets its name due to its large rock slides' resemblance to Gothic architecture.
2.7 miS
Hiking, Hiking trail
Ausable Club, Adirondack Park
69 min walk • The Ausable Club, in St. Huberts, New York, is the name of a club and the clubhouse of the Adirondack Mountain Reserve, which upon the initiative of William George Neilson, formed in 1887 to save the lands around Beede's Hotel from the lumber industry. The Reserve once owned most of the Adirondack High Peaks.
4.9 miNE
Tower
Hurricane Mountain Fire Observation Station, Adirondack Park
125 min walk • The Hurricane Mountain Fire Observation Station is a historic fire observation station located on Hurricane Mountain at Keene in Essex County, New York.
4.3 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Noonmark Mountain, Adirondack Park
111 min walk • Noonmark Mountain is a 3,556-foot mountain near St. Huberts in the High Peaks region of the Adirondacks in New York, United States.
4.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Rocky Peak Ridge, Adirondack Park
121 min walk • Rocky Peak Ridge is the twentieth highest peak in the High Peaks Region of the Adirondack Park of New York, United States. The name of the mountain is due to its geology, a rocky ridge to the east of the better known Giant Mountain.
3.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Lower Wolfjaw Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area
96 min walk • Lower Wolfjaw Mountain is located in Essex County, New York. Landscape artist Alexander Helwig Wyant named Lower Wolfjaw, together with neighboring Upper Wolfjaw Mountain, about 1870 for their appearance in profile.
5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Armstrong Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area
128 min walk • Armstrong Mountain is a mountain located in Essex County, New York, named after Thomas Armstrong, a local pioneer. The mountain is part of the Great Range of the Adirondack Mountains.
4.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Upper Wolfjaw Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area
116 min walk • Upper Wolfjaw Mountain is a mountain located in Essex County, New York. Landscape artist Alexander Helwig Wyant named the mountain, in combination with neighboring Lower Wolfjaw Mountain, c. 1870 for their appearance in profile.
1.4 miS
Bridge
Beer's Bridge, Adirondack Park
37 min walk • Beer's Bridge is a historic Pratt Pony truss bridge over the Ausable River at Keene Valley in Essex County, New York. It was built in 1900 by the Pratt, Tomas & Caleb Company. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
4.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Big Slide Mountain, High Peaks Wilderness Area
108 min walk • Big Slide Mountain can refer to several...