Camden Free Public Library Main Building
Camden Free Public Library Main Building | |
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| Location | 616 Broadway Camden, New Jersey[2] |
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| Built | 1903 |
| Architect | Herbert D. Hale Henry G. Morse |
| NRHP reference No. | 92001385[1] |
| NJRHP No. | 894[3] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 15, 1992 |
| Designated NJRHP | September 2, 1992 |
The Camden Free Public Library Main Building is the first former main library of the Camden, New Jersey public library system. Designed by Herbert D. Hale and Henry G. Morse,[4] the building was constructed with a grant from the Carnegie Corporation and opened in 1905.[5][6] It closed in 1986 with the relocation of the library's main branch to the former South Jersey Gas, Electric and Traction Company Office Building. In 1992, the building was placed on the state[3] and national[1] registers of historic places. The building has fallen into state of serious disrepair.[7] In 2003, funding was found for its stabilization, with the hope that it would be preserved and re-used.[4][8]
The city's once extensive library system has been beleaguered by financial difficulties. In 2010, it threatened to close but was incorporated by the county library system.[9] Nonetheless, the main branch did close in February 2011.[10]
See also
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- Cooper Library in Johnson Park
- List of Carnegie libraries in New Jersey
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Camden County, New Jersey
- Carnegie library
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External links
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- Library buildings completed in 1905
- Buildings and structures in Camden, New Jersey
- Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
- History of Camden, New Jersey
- Neoclassical architecture in New Jersey
- Carnegie libraries in New Jersey
- National Register of Historic Places in Camden County, New Jersey
- New Jersey Register of Historic Places
- 1905 establishments in New Jersey
- Libraries disestablished in the 2010s