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Camden Free Public Library Main Building

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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.
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The city's once extensive library system has been beleaguered by financial difficulties. In 2010, it threatened to close but was incorporated by the
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and opened in 1905. It closed in 1986 with the relocation of the library's main branch to the former
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system. Nonetheless, the main branch did close in February 2011.
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public library system. Designed by Herbert D. Hale and
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places

Camden Free Public Library Main Building is located in Camden County, New Jersey
Camden Free Public Library Main Building is located in New Jersey
Camden Free Public Library Main Building is located in the United States
Camden, New Jersey
39°56′14″N 75°7′6″W / 39.93722°N 75.11833°W / 39.93722; -75.11833
Henry G. Morse
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Camden, New Jersey
Henry G. Morse
Carnegie Corporation
South Jersey Gas, Electric and Traction Company Office Building
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county library

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


"National Registers of Historic Places - Camden County"
"Camden Free Public Library"


"New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Camden County"
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

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