Page "South Orange, New Jersey" Paragraph 26

At an annual meeting in 1895, Library Trustees considered the question of obtaining a library building and Eugene V. Connett's offer of a library site on the corner of Scotland Road and Taylor Place, with condition that $ 7, 500 be subscribed, was accepted and the subscription was met.

On May 8, 1896, the library was moved into the building on that corner.

A referendum held on April 27, 1926, showed that citizens had voted ten to one in favor of the town taking over full support of the library.

It thereupon became " The South Orange Public Library.

" In February, 1929, the Village Trustees passed an ordinance providing funds to construct a rear wing on the library and to provide a Children's Room in the basement, book stacks and a balcony on the floor above, together with rehabilitation work on the older part of the building.

In November 1968, the new library building on the corner of Scotland Road and Comstock Place was dedicated.