Orange Public Library

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Orange Free Public Library
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Location348 Main Street
Orange, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°46′21″N74°13′53″W / 40.77250°N 74.23139°W / 40.77250; -74.23139 Coordinates: 40°46′21″N74°13′53″W / 40.77250°N 74.23139°W / 40.77250; -74.23139
Arealess than one acre
Built1901
Architect McKim, Mead, and White; Albro & Brower
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference # 81000393 [1]
NJRHP #1354 [2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 28, 1981
Designated NJRHPAugust 7, 1981

The Orange Public Library is the free public library in Orange, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. Serving a population of about 33,000, the library collection contains 150,000 volumes and circulates 56,000 annually. [3]

Public library Library that is accessible by the public

A public library is a library that is accessible by the general public and is usually funded from public sources, such as taxes. It is operated by librarians and library paraprofessionals, who are also civil servants.

Orange, New Jersey City in Essex County, New Jersey, U.S.

The City of Orange is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 30,134, reflecting a decline of 2,734 (-8.3%) from the 32,868 counted in 2000, which had in turn increased by 2,943 (+9.8%) from the 29,925 counted in the 1990 Census.

Essex County, New Jersey County in New Jersey

Essex County is a county in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2018 Census estimate, the county's population was 799,767, making it the state's third-most populous county, an increase of 3.1% from the 2010 United States Census, when its population was enumerated at 783,969, in turn a decrease of 1.2% from the 793,633 enumerated in the 2000 census. In 2010, the county dropped down to third-largest, behind Middlesex County, and was one of only two counties in the state to see a decline between 2000 and 2010. Its county seat is Newark, the most populous city in the state. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area.

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History

The library began in 1883 as association library, supported by dues, endowments and donations and opened its current main building, designed by McKim, Mead, and White, in 1901. Across its facade is engraved Stickler Memorial in honor of the son, who had died suddenly a year earlier, of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stickler, who donated the $100,000 cost of its construction. [4] It was built during the "free library movement" at the turn of the 20th century. [5] In a 1945 referendum the citizens approved support for a free public library, and took over the operations of the building as municipally operated facility. [6] It was added to the state and federal registers of historic places in 1981. In 2010 it was estimated that refurbishing the building, in need of repairs, would cost $1.5 million. [7] Dennis Kowal Architects, historic preservation and library design specialists, developed Preservation Plans to restore the building and update the library services resulting in a Historic Trust Grant. In phase one, the rotunda was opened and phase two is under study.

The New Jersey Register of Historic Places is the official list of historic resources of local, state, and national interest in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The program is administered by the New Jersey's state historic preservation office within the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

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See also

National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, New Jersey Wikimedia list article

This is a list of National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) that are in Essex County, New Jersey. The locations can be found, for those showing latitude and longitude coordinates below, in an online map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates".

The East Orange Public Library is the free public library of East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey

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References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ↑ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Essex County" (PDF). NJ DEP - Historic Preservation Office. January 10, 2010. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 27, 2009. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Orange Public Library". librarytechnology.org. September 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-06.
  4. ↑ "STICKLER MEMORIAL LIBRARY.; Ground Broken for Structure to Cost $100,000 at Orange", The New York Times , May 14, 1900, retrieved 2011-10-06
  5. ↑ "Libraries in New Jersey Growth of the Movement for the Free Circulation of Books" (PDF), The New York Times, December 16, 1900
  6. ↑ "History of the Orange Public Library". Orange Public Library. Retrieved 2011-10-06.
  7. ↑ Bondy, Halley (March 11, 2010), "Lead paint leads to complaint against Orange library", The Star-Ledger, retrieved 2011-10-16
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