Edgewater Public Library
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Edgewater Public Library | |
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| Location | 49 Hudson Avenue Edgewater, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates | 40°49′47″N 73°58′27″W / 40.82972°N 73.97417°WCoordinates: 40°49′47″N 73°58′27″W / 40.82972°N 73.97417°W |
| Built | 1915 |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 09001154[1] |
| NJRHP # | 4738[2] |
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| Added to NRHP | December 23, 2009 |
| Designated NJRHP | January 5, 2009 |
The Edgewater Public Library is located at 48 Hudson Avenue in Edgewater, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
Serving a population of 7,677, the library in 2011 included a collection of 20,402 volumes. As member of the Bergen County Cooperative Library System, a consortium of municipal libraries in the northeastern New Jersey counties of Bergen, Hudson, Passaic, and Essex it has a circulation of 52,627 items per year.[3]
The building is one of New Jersey's 36 Carnegie libraries, constructed with a grant of $15,000 made March 16, 1915 by the Carnegie Corporation and opened in 1916.[4][5] Engraved about its entrance is Edgewater Free Library. In 2009, the library was listed on the state and national registers of historic places.[2]
See also
- List of Carnegie libraries in New Jersey
- Edgewater Borough Hall
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Bergen County, New Jersey
References
- ↑ http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/nj/Bergen/state.html
- 1 2 "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Bergen County" (PDF). NJ DEP - Historic Preservation Office. January 6, 2010. p. 19. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
- ↑ "Edgewater Free Public Library". librarytechnology.org. 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
- ↑ Bobinski, George S. (1969). Carnegie Libraries: Their History and Impact on American Public Library Development. Chicago: American Library Association. ISBN 0-8389-0022-4.
- ↑
- Jones, Theodore (1997). Carnegie Libraries Across America. New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-14422-3.
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