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.

Camden Free Public Library Main Building

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

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

Camden Free Public Library Main Building