List of Carnegie libraries in New Jersey

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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.

Key

      Building still operating as a library
      Building standing, but now serving another purpose
      Building no longer standing
      Building listed on the National Register of Historic Places
      Building contributes to a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places

Carnegie libraries

Library Municipality Image Date
granted[2]		 Grant
amount[2][3]		 Location Status
1 Atlantic City Atlantic City 100px Jan 22, 1903 $71,075 Now part of Stockton University
2 Avon Avon-by-the-Sea May 15, 1916 $5,000 *Avon Public Library[1]
3 Bayonne Bayonne Bayonne FPL jeh.jpg Apr 13, 1903 $83,000 697 Avenue C
4 Belleville Belleville 100px Apr 28, 1909 $20,000
5 Belmar Belmar Jan 14, 1914 $13,000
6 Caldwell Caldwell Jan 8, 1908 $10,000 *Caldwell Public Library[4]
7 Camden Main Camden 100px Jan 2, 1903 $120,000 616 Broadway Closed in 1986
8 Camden Cooper Camden 100px Jan 2, 1903 — Now part of Rutgers–Camden
9 Camden East Camden Camden Jan 2, 1903 — Razed[5]
10 Collingswood Collingswood Jan 5, 1916 $15,000 Razed[5]
11 Cranford Cranford Jan 20, 1908 $10,000 Razed[5] 1962[6]
12 East Orange Main East Orange Jan 18, 1900 $116,000 291 Main Street Now East Orange Municipal Court
13 East Orange Elmwood East Orange Jan 18, 1900 —
14 East Orange Franklin East Orange Jan 18, 1900 —
15 Edgewater Edgewater Edgewater Library.JPG Mar 16, 1915 $15,000 49 Hudson Ave.
16 Elizabeth Main Elizabeth 100px Feb 3, 1910 $130,810
17 Elizabeth Liberty Square Elizabeth Feb 3, 1910 — 240 Elizabeth Ave. Now a senior citizen center
18 Englewood Englewood Jul 9, 1913 $25,000 Office building[5]
19 Freehold Freehold Mar 27, 1903 $11,000 28 1/2 East Main Street
20 Kearny Kearny 100px Jan 16, 1906 $27,600 318 Kearny Ave.
21 Lakewood Lakewood Feb 3, 1917 $12,500
22 Little Falls Little Falls Apr 3, 1917 $10,000 Razed[5]
23 Long Branch Long Branch Feb 3, 1917 $30,000 *Long Branch Free Public Library[7]
24 Montclair Bellevue Montclair 100px Mar 8, 1901 $60,000 185 Bellevue Ave. Opened December 26, 1914[8]
25 Montclair Montclair Montclair Mar 8, 1901 — 73 Church St. Building used as Unitarian Church[9]
26 New Brunswick New Brunswick 100px Mar 14, 1902 $52,500 *New Brunswick Free Public Library[10]
27 Nutley Nutley Feb 13, 1913 $20,000 *Nutley Public Library[11]
28 Orange Orange Apr 19, 1915 $1,500 348 Main St. The grant was for the purchase of a new library branch.[12]
29 Perth Amboy Perth Amboy Mar 8, 1901 $50,450
30 Plainfield Plainfield Feb 7, 1911 $50,000 Razed[5]
31 Summit Summit Feb 1, 1909 $21,000 Razed[5] Replaced by newer Summit Public Library in 1964[13]
32 Union Union Hill 100px Feb 5, 1904 $25,000 *Union City Public Library[14]
Union City
33 Verona Verona Mar 31, 1916 $11,000 *Verona Public Library[15][16]
34 Vineland Vineland Feb 2, 1903 $12,000 Senior center[5][17]
35 West Hoboken West Hoboken 100px Feb 4, 1902 $25,000 William Musto Cultural Center[18][19]
Union City
36 Westfield Westfield Dec 30, 1904 $15,000 266 E. Broad St. Library relocated 1954,[20][21] now a business complex

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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
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  12. ↑ Bobinski does not list this library.
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  14. ↑ Union City Public Library
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References

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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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