Harrison - Public Library

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dc.creatorBeards, Daniel E.
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-24T15:41:36Z
dc.date.available2025-03-24T15:41:36Z
dc.date.issued2013-08-06
dc.descriptionThe 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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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10929/145402
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dc.subjectPublic Works Administration
dc.subjectPWA
dc.subjectHarrison
dc.subjectHudson County
dc.subjectNew Jersey
dc.subjectGateway
dc.subjectGateway Region
dc.subjectNJ
dc.subjectJersey
dc.subjectThe Garden State
dc.titleHarrison - Public Library

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