But the offer from Andrew Carnegie was accepted and the East Orange Carnegie Library below opened in January 1903.
East Orange during its first 100 years, 1863 to 1963, with some emphasis on Stockton School and its surrounding neighborhoods. "Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember." Oscar Levant
Friday, April 24, 2015
Debating Whether East Orange Should Accept a Carnegie Library
From the New York Times January 26, 1900:
But the offer from Andrew Carnegie was accepted and the East Orange Carnegie Library below opened in January 1903.
Re. the Orange/Stickler Library, mentioned in the article, from a history of Essex County: "The laying of the corner stone of the present library [Stickler library] took place at Essex Avenue and Main Street, June 25, 1900."
But the offer from Andrew Carnegie was accepted and the East Orange Carnegie Library below opened in January 1903.
Saturday, April 18, 2015
The Lincoln-Mayflower Building
Above and below: C1575 9/4/1913
One of the most significant landmarks in the Grove Street Lackawanna station neighborhood for 60 years was the building that, in its final years, was called the Lincoln-Mayflower Storage Building. It was the tallest structure in the area and was on a high piece of ground. It was built about 1912 and was knocked down in the early 1970's during construction of I-280.
The building was originally operated as "J Dietrich Inc Fireproof Storage Warehouse"
Below: detail from C2743, 6/17/1915
Below: C3018 10/21/1915
Below X2361, 1/26/1922
Below: detail from X2639 8/22/1922
Below X3385, 4/4/1924
Below X2367 looking W from roof of Lincoln Storage Warehouse, The Grove Apartments in foreground, Commonwealth Building at Arlington Ave and Main St in distant center 1/26/1922
