Harrison - Public Library
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2013-08-06
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The Harrison N.J. Public Library was constructed in 1936-8 as a New Deal project: the Public Works Administration (PWA) provided a $42,476 grant for the project. �The overall dimensions of the building are 94 by 60 feet. In the basement there are a community room, staff room, workroom, and boiler room. On the first floor are a reading room, a stack room, and librarian�s office. There is an exhibit room on the mezzanine floor. It is fireproof with concrete floors, steel trusses, and brick bearing walls. The roofing is slate.
Harrison's Public Library has a collection of over 28000 titles. The Library was completed in February 1938 at a construction cost of $79,041 and a total project cost of $112,273.
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Public Works Administration, PWA, Harrison, Hudson County, New Jersey, Gateway, Gateway Region, NJ, Jersey, The Garden State
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