List of Carnegie libraries in New Jersey

The following list of Carnegie libraries in New Jersey provides information on United States Carnegie libraries in New Jersey, where 36 libraries were built from grants totaling $1,066,553 awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1900 to 1917. There are 17 municipal libraries with Carnegie buildings still in operation as public librares (*).[1] Two have become academic libraries.

Carnegie libraries

Library Municipality Image Date
granted[2]		 Grant
amount[2][3]		 Location Status
1 Atlantic City Atlantic City 01903-01-22 January 22, 1903 $71,075 Carnegie Library Center
Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
2 Avon Avon-by-the-Sea 01916-05-15 May 15, 1916 $5,000 *Avon Public Library[1]
3 Bayonne Bayonne 01903-04-13 April 13, 1903 $83,000 *Bayonne Public Library
4 Belleville Belleville 01909-04-28 April 28, 1909 $20,000 *Belleville Public Library and Information Center
5 Belmar Belmar 01914-01-14 January 14, 1914 $13,000 *Belmar Public Library
6 Caldwell Caldwell 01908-01-08 January 8, 1908 $10,000 *Caldwell Public Library[4]
7 Camden Main Camden 01903-01-02 January 2, 1903 $120,000 Camden Free Public Library Main Building (defunct)
8 Camden Cooper Camden 01903-01-02 January 2, 1903 — Cooper Library in Johnson Park
Rutgers–Camden
9 Camden East Camden Camden 01903-01-02 January 2, 1903 — Razed[5]
10 Collingswood Collingswood 01916-01-05 January 5, 1916 $15,000 Razed[5]
11 Cranford Cranford 01908-01-20 January 20, 1908 $10,000 Razed[5] 1962[6]
12 East Orange Main East Orange 01900-01-18 January 18, 1900 $116,000 East Orange Municipal Court
13 East Orange Elmwood East Orange 01900-01-18 January 18, 1900 — *Elmwood Branch
14 East Orange Franklin East Orange 01900-01-18 January 18, 1900 — *Franklin Branch
15 Edgewater Edgewater 01915-03-16 March 16, 1915 $15,000 *Edgewater Public Library
16 Elizabeth Main Elizabeth 01910-02-03 February 3, 1910 $130,810 *Elizabeth Public Library
17 Elizabeth Liberty Square Elizabeth 01910-02-03 February 3, 1910 —
18 Englewood Englewood 01913-07-09 July 9, 1913 $25,000 Office building[5]
19 Freehold Freehold 01903-03-27 March 27, 1903 $11,000 *Freehold Public Library
20 Kearny Kearny 01906-01-16 January 16, 1906 $27,600 *Keary Public Library
21 Lakewood Lakewood 01917-02-03 February 3, 1917 $12,500
22 Little Falls Little Falls 01917-04-03 April 3, 1917 $10,000 Razed[5]
23 Long Branch Long Branch 01917-02-03 February 3, 1917 $30,000 *Long Branch Free Public Library[7]
24 Montclair Bellevue Montclair 01901-03-08 March 8, 1901 $60,000 *Bellevue Branch of Montclair Public Library[8]
25 Montclair Montclair Montclair 01901-03-08 March 8, 1901 — Carnegie Library
building used as Unitarian Church[9]
26 New Brunswick New Brunswick 01902-03-14 March 14, 1902 $52,500 *New Brunswick Free Public Library[10]
27 Nutley Nutley 01913-02-13 February 13, 1913 $20,000 *Nutley Public Library[11]
28 Orange Orange 01915-04-19 April 19, 1915 $1,500 Orange Free Public Library
The grant was for the purchase of a new library branch.[12]
29 Perth Amboy Perth Amboy 01901-03-08 March 8, 1901 $50,450 *Perth Amboy Public Library
30 Plainfield Plainfield 01911-02-07 February 7, 1911 $50,000 Razed[5]
31 Summit Summit 01909-02-01 February 1, 1909 $21,000 Razed[5] Replaced by newer Summit Public Library in 1964[13]
32 Union Union Hill 01904-02-05 February 5, 1904 $25,000 *Union City Public Library[14]
Union City
33 Verona Verona 01916-03-31 March 31, 1916 $11,000 *Verona Public Library[15][16]
34 Vineland Vineland 01903-02-02 February 2, 1903 $12,000 Senior center[17][5]
35 West Hoboken West Hoboken 01902-02-04 February 4, 1902 $25,000 William Musto Cultural Center[18][19]
Union City
36 Westfield Westfield 01904-12-30 December 30, 1904 $15,000 Library relocated 1954[20][21]

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Avon Public Library". avonbytheseanj.com. http://www.avonbytheseanj.com/avonbythesea_library.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-03. "The Avon Public Library is one of only four Carnegie buildings in Monmouth County, and only one of only seventeen in the State of New Jersey." 
  2. ^ a b At various times, Bobinski and Jones disagree on these numbers. In these cases, Jones' numbers have been used due to both a more recent publication date and a more detailed gazetteer of branch libraries, which are often where the discrepancies occur.
  3. ^ Grants for multiple libraries (Camden, East Orange, Elizabeth, and Montclair) are listed only by their total amount, not broken down for each branch.
  4. ^ Caldwell Public Library
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h "Carnegie libraries by state". American Volksporting Association. 1996. http://www.ava.org/clubs/holyfamilywalkers/list_of_carnegie_libraries.pdf. Retrieved 2011-10-03. 
  6. ^ Figlar (April 23, 2010), "Union County Glimpse Of History 4/25/10", The Star-Ledger, http://photos.nj.com/star-ledger/2010/04/un0425historylns.html, retrieved 2011-10-07, "The library in Cranford was built in the Doric style. In 1955, a survey by the State Bureau of Public and School Library Services concluded that Cranford needed a new, larger library building. The Miln Street building was razed in 1962, a year after this photo was taken, and the site is now a parking lot. The new public library building is located at 224 Walnut Ave. On April 18, the Cranford Public Library system celebrated its 100th year of service to the community." 
  7. ^ "History of the Long Branch Library". Libraries of Miidlesex Automation Consortium. http://www.lmxac.org/longbranch/docs/LBHistory.pdf. Retrieved 2011-10-07. 
  8. ^ "A breif history of the Montlair Public Library". Montclair Public Library. 2011. http://www.montclairlibrary.org/history. Retrieved 2011-10-03. "1914 The Bellevue Avenue Branch Library opened on December 26th of this year. The original design of the building remains intact today." 
  9. ^ "A breif History of the Montlair Public Library". Montclair Public Library. 2011. http://www.montclairlibrary.org/history. Retrieved 2011-10-03. "1904 After 35 years and six different locations, the Montclair Public Library had its first purpose-built library building on the former site of the Munn Tavern. The library at 73 Church Street served as the Main Library for 50 years. This building is now part of the Unitarian Church, located at the intersection of Valley Road and Church Street." 
  10. ^ "About the Library". New Brunswick Free Public Library. http://www.nbfpl.org/about.html. Retrieved 2011-10-04. 
  11. ^ "Library History". Nutley Public Library. 2011. http://nutley.bccls.org/libraryhistory.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-03. 
  12. ^ Bobinski does not list this library.
  13. ^ "History of Summit -- Union County, New Jersey". nynjctbotany.org. 2009-10-17. http://www.nynjctbotany.org/njnbtofc/summittwn.html. Retrieved 2009-10-17. 
  14. ^ Union City Public Library
  15. ^ "Verona Landmarks Preservation Commission". Township of Verona, New Jersey. http://www.veronanj.org/landmarks/landmarks.php. Retrieved 2011-10-04. 
  16. ^ "Verona Public Library". Verona Public Library. http://www.veronalibrary.org/. Retrieved 2011-10-04. 
  17. ^ Vineland Historical and Antiquarian Society (2011), Vineland, Arcadia Publishing, p. 92, ISBN 9780738573953, http://books.google.nl/books?id=-zYvOenA5mMC&pg=PA14&dq=Vineland+Door+Vineland+Historical+and+Antiquarian+Society&hl=nl&ei=DYOLTtKHL5CM-waBvLyaBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false 
  18. ^ Mestanza, Jean-Pierre (June 11, 2011), "William V. Musto Cultural Center in Union City officially opens", The Jersey Journal, http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2011/06/william_v_musto_cultural_cente.html, retrieved 2011-10-4 
  19. ^ Sanabria, Santo (June 22, 2011), "New UC center holds museums, senior center But some controversy as it honors convicted", The The Hudson Reporter, http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/14446045/article-New-UC-center-holds-museums--senior-center-But-some-controversy-as-it-honors-convicted-former-Mayor-Musto-?, retrieved 2011-10-4 
  20. ^ "History of the Westfield Memorial Library". Westfield Memorial Library. http://www.wmlnj.org/About/documents/HistoryoftheLibrary_000.pdf. Retrieved 2011-10-04. 
  21. ^ Salomon, Jane (2010), Westfield, Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 9780738573687, http://books.google.com/books?id=5TYjVb7Epy0C&pg=PA130&dq=Images+of+America+Westfield+Jayne+Book+Salomon&hl=en&ei=JMqQTs_gBpCF-wbjj8zbCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Images%20of%20America%20Westfield%20Jayne%20Book%20Salomon&f=false 

References

Note: The above references, while all authoritative, are not entirely mutually consistent. Some details of this list may have been drawn from one of the references without support from the others. Reader discretion is advised.

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