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