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Sherman Free Library is an historic free association
library A library is a collection of Book, books, and possibly other Document, materials and Media (communication), media, that is accessible for use by its members and members of allied institutions. Libraries provide physical (hard copies) or electron ...
, located in the hamlet of
Port Henry Port Henry is a Hamlet (New York), hamlet (and census-designated place) in Essex County, New York, United States. The population was 1,194 at the 2010 census. Port Henry lies on the eastern side of the town of Moriah, New York, Moriah and is app ...
, in the town of Moriah, in
Essex County, New York Essex County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 37,381. Its county seat is the hamlet of Elizabethtown (CDP), New York, Eliza ...
. It was built in 1887 and has two rooms, and is a -story brick building topped by slate-covered, steeply pitched gable roofs, on a limestone foundation. An addition was built in 1907. It features deeply arched fenestration in the
Richardsonian Romanesque Richardsonian Romanesque is a architectural style, style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886). The revivalism (architecture), revival style incorporates 11th- and 12th-century ...
style. ''See also:'' It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1995.


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Library buildings completed in 1887 Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Romanesque Revival architecture in New York (state) Buildings and structures in Essex County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Essex County, New York {{EssexCountyNY-NRHP-stub