Camden Free Public Library Main Building

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, the building was constructed with a grant from the Carnegie Corporation and opened in 1905. 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 and national registers of historic places. The building has fallen into state of serious disrepair. In 2003, funding was found for its stabilization, with the hope that it would be preserved and re-used.

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. Nonetheless, the main branch did close in February 2011.

See also

• 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

References

External links

• Carnegie Library Camden
• Waymarking
• Postcards of Camden
• History of the Camden Free Public Library

1. Camden Public Library
2. Main Building
3. Camden, Maine
4. London Borough of Camden
5. Camden, New Jersey
6. British Library
7. Camden County College
8. Henry G. Morse
9. South Jersey Gas, Electric and Traction Company Office Building
10. List of 7th Heaven characters
11. National Register of Historic Places listings in Camden County, New Jersey
12. List of Carnegie libraries in New Jersey
13. Bennington College
14. Royal Free Hospital
15. Three Rivers Regional Library System
16. Cherry Hill, New Jersey
17. Roundhouse (venue)
18. Camden County, Georgia
19. Center City, Philadelphia
20. Tower Building of the Little Rock Arsenal