The Main Branch of the Jersey City Library

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dc.creatorBeards, Daniel E.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-31T13:31:55Z
dc.date.available2024-07-31T13:31:55Z
dc.date.issued2021-11-10
dc.descriptionThe Main Library of Jersey City is an Italian Renaissance four-story building of granite and buff brick. completed in 1901. The distinctive corner building is noted for its contrasting brick and large windows. A frieze with the Greek key appears above the row of windows on the first floor. The head of Minerva by sculptor Philip Martiny decorates the keystone over the front entrance. The first-floor windows display keystones. The seal of Jersey City (right) and the seal of Hudson County (left) flank the building's entrance. The Jersey City Free Public Library is the largest municipal library in the State of New Jersey, serving one of the most diverse cities in the country.
dc.descriptionOriginal file name Library Collage_Fotor(7).jpg
dc.format.extent3600 x 2800
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10929/137873
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dc.subjectJersey City
dc.subjectDowntown Jersey City
dc.subjectPriscilla Gardner Main Library
dc.subjectMain Branch of the Jersey City Library
dc.subjectLibrary
dc.subjectCity Library
dc.subjectHudson County
dc.subjectGateway
dc.subjectThe Gateway Region
dc.subjectNJ Gateway Region
dc.subjectNew Jersey Gateway Region
dc.subjectNew Jersey
dc.subjectNJ
dc.subjectJersey
dc.subjectThe Garden State.
dc.titleThe Main Branch of the Jersey City Library

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