Bellevue Avenue Branch of the Montclair Public Library | Upper Montclair, New Jersey

The Bellevue Avenue Branch Is A Carnegie Library

 

The Montclair Public Library – Bellevue Avenue Branch in Upper Montclair, New Jersey, USA is a Carnegie Library.

 

 A Carnegie Library is a library built with money donated by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.

 

 I took photos from the front, back, and interior of the building.

 

 Previously on the Montclair Public Library website:

 

The Bellevue Avenue Branch Library officially opened its doors on December 7, 1914, after fifteen years of using a rented room in the real estate office of John Mancini on Bellevue Avenue. This building, partially financed with a $40,000 grant from the Carnegie Corporation, endures with the same architectural design despite a major renovation nearly three decades ago. Designed by F.A. Nelson, the architect of the Upper Montclair Women’s Club, Post Office and other prominent buildings in town, the library is on the National Register of Historic Places. Many have called the branch building a gem—a treasure which celebrated its centennial in 2014.

 

Photos Of The Bellevue Avenue Branch

You can see in these photos how lovingly the Bellevue Avenue Branch Library was built and is being maintained:

There is a quote from Isaac Barrow above the door:

  

He that ever loveth a book will never want a faithful friend – a wholesome counsellor – a cheerful companion – an effectual comforter 

The back of the library:

 

The interior of the library: 

 

More Reading About Libraries and Montclair

 

Please read about the Caldwell Public Library, a Carnegie Library about to be demolished.

Also, check out Mad Librarians!

 

You can also read about a historic Montclair mansion called Evergreens.

 

If you love libraries, I have written about the 125th Anniversary of the New York Public Library and about the New York Library Lions : Patience and Fortitude.

 

You can also read about Carnegie Libraries in New Jersey.

 

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