1907, Library, East Orange, New Jersey

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Library, Interior, East Orange, New Jersey

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Public Library, East Orange, New Jersey

[LIB11196] - At the first meeting of that Board, a letter from Andrew Carnegie was read offering $50,000.00 for the construction of a library building if the City would provide a site and maintenance of not less than $5,000.00 a year for the library. The land, at the corner of Munn Avenue and Freeway Drive East (then Main Street), was purchased at a cost of $22,182.00, and the building was designed by Kent, Jardine, and Kent in an unusual fan-shape to make maximum use of the corner lot. [Website]

Public Library, East Orange, NJ

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Located at 291 Main Street, it was built in 1902 as a gift from Andrew Carnegie.