| Edgewater Public Library | |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| New Jersey Register of Historic Places | |
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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°W / 40.82972; -73.97417 |
| Built | 1915 |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 09001154 |
| NJRHP No. | 4738 |
| Significant dates | |
| 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, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
Serving a population of 7,677, the library in 2011 included a collection of 20,402 volumes. As a 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.
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. Engraved about its entrance is Edgewater Free Library. In 2009, the library was listed on the state and national registers of historic places.
See also
- List of Carnegie libraries in New Jersey
- Edgewater Borough Hall
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Bergen County, New Jersey
References
- ^ New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places: Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Historic Preservation Office, updated March 30, 2023. Accessed April 30, 2023.
- "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.