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Alexandria Memorial Public Library

Southwest/front side looking northeast - Alexandria Memorial Public Library, Hartslog & Main Streets, Alexandria, Huntingdon County, PA
Southwest/front side looking northeast - Alexandria Memorial Public Library, Hartslog & Main Streets, Alexandria, Huntingdon County, PALibrary of Congress, Historic American Buildings Survey / Historic American Engineering Record. No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government. pa1943.photos.134381p

The federal survey photographed this building at Hartslog and Main Streets in Alexandria borough. The plate below is the survey's own, and the caption is the one the Library of Congress records with it: the southwest front, looking northeast. Alexandria is one of the oldest towns in the county, laid out in 1795.

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  1. Library of Congress, pa1943.photos.134381p: 1. Southwest/front side looking northeast - Alexandria Memorial Public Library, Hartslog & Main Streets, Alexandria, Huntingdon County, PA

Checked 2026-09-01 · Library of Congress HABS/HAER survey

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Photographs from Alexandria borough

Pennsylvania Railroad Station, Shelton Avenue, AlexandriaPennsylvania Railroad Station, Shelton Avenue, AlexandriaLibrary of Congress · pa1944
Alexandria Presbyterian Church, Hartslog Street & Shelton Avenue, AlexandriaAlexandria Presbyterian Church, Hartslog Street & Shelton Avenue, AlexandriaLibrary of Congress · pa1942
Alexandria, Town of, AlexandriaAlexandria, Town of, AlexandriaLibrary of Congress · pa1936
Evander P. Walker Store, Main Street, AlexandriaEvander P. Walker Store, Main Street, AlexandriaLibrary of Congress · pa1939
Henry Willibrand Brewery, 700 Block, Main Street, AlexandriaHenry Willibrand Brewery, 700 Block, Main Street, AlexandriaLibrary of Congress · pa1938
Pennsylvania Canal Lockkeeper's House, Hartslog Street & Shelton Avenue, AlexandriaPennsylvania Canal Lockkeeper's House, Hartslog Street & Shelton Avenue, AlexandriaLibrary of Congress · pa1935

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