Edgewater Public Library

Edgewater Public Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Location	49 Hudson Avenue Edgewater, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°49′47″N 73°58′27″W
Built	1915
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	09001154[1]
NJRHP No.	4738[1]
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.[2]

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.[3][4] Engraved about its entrance is Edgewater Free Library. In 2009, the library was listed on the state and national registers of historic places.[1]

See also

• List of Carnegie libraries in New Jersey
• Edgewater Borough Hall
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Bergen County, New Jersey

References

1. 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.
2. "Edgewater Free Public Library". librarytechnology.org. 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
3. Bobinski, George S. (1969). Carnegie Libraries: Their History and Impact on American Public Library Development. Chicago: American Library Association. ISBN 0-8389-0022-4.
4. *Jones, Theodore (1997). Carnegie Libraries Across America. New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-14422-3.

External links

• Edgewater Public Library
• Bergen County Cooperative Library System