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Handley Library is a historic library building located at 100 West Piccadilly Street in Winchester, Virginia, United States. Completed in 1913, construction of the Beaux-Arts style building was funded by a wealthy Pennsylvania businessman. The building serves as the main branch for Winchester's library system, the Handley Regional Library System.
Funded by Scranton, Pennsylvania, coal baron, Judge John Handley, and built by New York architects J. Stewart Barney and Henry Otis Chapman, it is "perhaps Virginia's purest expression of the regal and florid Beaux Arts classicism." [11] It opened in August 1913. [12] 9: John Handley High School: John Handley High School
Handley Regional Library System Facebook page Friends of Handley Regional Library Archived 2016-10-21 at the Wayback Machine This article relating to a library organization, association, or consortium is a stub .
Winchester was a site of volatile conditions during the Civil War of 1861–1865, with control shifting between the Confederate and Union armies on average once every three weeks during the war. Many battles were fought in Frederick County. Some of those battles included: First Battle of Kernstown, March 1862; First Battle of Winchester, May 1862
The Winchester Historic District is a national historic district located at Winchester, Virginia.The district encompasses 1,116 contributing buildings in Winchester. The buildings represent a variety of popular architectural styles including Late Victorian and Italianate.
Three of the original maps were donated by the Hotchkiss family to the Handley Library: a Route Map of Gettysburg Campaign, a Sketch of the Battle of Winchester [First] and a Sketch of the Second Battle of Winchester. The Jedediah Hotchkiss Papers are available in the Stewart Bell Jr. Archives Room through the Winchester-Frederick County ...
Mary Greenhow Lee (September 9, 1819–May 25, 1907) was an American diarist from Virginia.During the Civil War, Lee was a Confederate activist who kept a journal of events occurring in Winchester.
Winchester Medical College (4 P) Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Winchester, Virginia" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.