Morton Memorial Library (Pine Hill, New York)
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Morton Memorial Library
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East profile and south elevation, 2008
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| Location | Elm St., southwest of NY 28, Pine Hill, NY |
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| Nearest city | Kingston |
| Coordinates | 42°8′2″N 74°28′46″W / 42.13389°N 74.47944°WCoordinates: 42°8′2″N 74°28′46″W / 42.13389°N 74.47944°W |
| Built | 1903 |
| Architectural style | Georgian Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 97000119 |
| Added to NRHP | 1997 |
Morton Memorial Library is located on Elm Street in Pine Hill, New York, United States. It is a stone building in the Georgian Revival architectural style built at the beginning of the 20th century.
It was named after a summer resident of the area who became a philanthropist later in his life. In 1997 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is located in the Pine Hill Historic District.
The library is on the west side of Elm Street, situated on a small rise above street level in a residential neighborhood a short distance south of state highway NY 28. The ground generally slopes westward toward the divide between the Delaware and Hudson watersheds at nearby Highmount. District School No. 14, now the headquarters of the local historical society, is to the northwest. The Elm Street Stone Arch Bridge is just south along the road. Both properties are also listed on the Register.
The building is a one-and-a-half-story rectangular structure on a stone foundation, slightly exposed and faced in smooth limestone. The main exterior walls are done with stone in a rusticated ashlar pattern. Smooth limestone is also used for the keyed lintels, sills, and quoins. At the roofline is a broad frieze and denticulated cornice around the entire building. The peaked roof is surfaced in red slate, pierced by a brick chimney and two gabled dormer windows in the main block. On the east is a semicircular wing with a conical red slate roof.
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