Princeton Public Library
Encyclopedia
The Princeton Public Library, a joint library
chartered to serve Princeton Borough
and Princeton Township, New Jersey
which is the current home of the Princeton Historical Society; a 1966 building at 65 Witherspoon Street that was demolished in 2002; a library at 301 North Harrison Street that served as temporary quarters during the construction of the new 58000 square feet (5,388.4 m²), state-of-the-art library, the George and Estelle Sands Library Building, opened at 65 Witherspoon Street in April 2004. The new building and the library's new logos and signage were designed by Hillier Architecture. Today, the Princeton Public Library is among the busiest public libraries in New Jersey with over 750,000 visitors annually who borrow 500,000 items, ask more than 83,000 reference questions, log onto library computers 141,000 times annually and attend more than 1,200 programs per year.
Library
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
chartered to serve Princeton Borough
Borough of Princeton, New Jersey
The Borough of Princeton is a borough and is one of the two municipalities making up Princeton, New Jersey. It lies in Mercer County, New Jersey, and is completely surrounded by Princeton Township, from which it was formed in 1894...
and Princeton Township, New Jersey
Princeton Township, New Jersey
Also Princeton Borough is an independent municipality completely surrounded by the township.Princeton North is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within Princeton Township....
History
It first opened to the public in 1909. Since that time the library has had four locations: the historic Bainbridge House on Nassau StreetNassau Street (Princeton)
Nassau Street is the main downtown thoroughfare of Princeton, New Jersey. As such, of all the streets in Princeton, Nassau Street is the one most often full of automobile and pedestrian traffic. It is the southernmost portion of Route 27 and ends at U.S. Route 206. The main gates of Princeton...
which is the current home of the Princeton Historical Society; a 1966 building at 65 Witherspoon Street that was demolished in 2002; a library at 301 North Harrison Street that served as temporary quarters during the construction of the new 58000 square feet (5,388.4 m²), state-of-the-art library, the George and Estelle Sands Library Building, opened at 65 Witherspoon Street in April 2004. The new building and the library's new logos and signage were designed by Hillier Architecture. Today, the Princeton Public Library is among the busiest public libraries in New Jersey with over 750,000 visitors annually who borrow 500,000 items, ask more than 83,000 reference questions, log onto library computers 141,000 times annually and attend more than 1,200 programs per year.