Edgewater Public Library
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| Location | 49 Hudson Avenue Edgewater, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates | 40°49′47″N 73°58′27″W / 40.82972°N 73.97417°W |
| Built | 1915 |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 09001154[1] |
| NJRHP No. | 4738[1] |
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| Added to NRHP | December 23, 2009 |
| Designated NJRHP | January 5, 2009 |
The Edgewater Public Library is located at 48 Hudson Avenue in Edgewater, in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
Serving a population of 7,677, the library in 2011 included a collection of 20,402 volumes. As a member of Bridging Communities, Connecting Library Services, a consortium of municipal libraries in the northeastern New Jersey counties of Bergen, Hudson, Passaic, and Essex, it has a circulation of 52,627 items per year.[2]
The building is one of New Jersey's 36 Carnegie libraries, constructed with a grant of $15,000 made March 16, 1915 by the Carnegie Corporation and opened in 1916.[3][4] Engraved about its entrance is Edgewater Free Library. In 2009, the library was listed on the state and national registers of historic places.[1]