The Case Memorial-Seymour Library is a historic

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building located at 176 Genesee Street in

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. It was built in 1898 and as designed by architects

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, in the Beaux-Arts style. It is a square, two story, three bay building constructed of Flemish bond brick and

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topped by a hipped roof. It opened in 1903 and was expanded in 1972. ''See also:'' The building was listed on the

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in 1980.

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