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10 Zurbrugg Way
Riverside, NJ 08075
856-461-6922
email: riverside@bcls.lib.nj.us
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RIVERSIDE PUBLIC LIBRARY HISTORY The Riverside Public Library began operation in July 1922 in the
American Legion Hall on Scott Street. This building had been acquired
from the Riverside Trust Company and the library was housed in what
had been the vault of the bank. The library was a “station” of
the Burlington County Library and at that time every book in circulation
was a County book.
Miss Sexton, a popular elementary teacher, worked with a Parent Teacher
Association group to start the first library. Miss Kathryn Sexton
was the first librarian.
After slightly more than five years in the vault, the library moved
into the Pine Building in 1928. After that the library moved numerous
times over the years. It wasn’t until 1982 that the library
had a permanent home at its present location, 10 Franklin Street,
Riverside.
The library automated in 2003 with the help of the Burlington County
Library System. At that time the library joined the Burlington County
Information Consortium. At the present time the library is fully automated
and provides free public access to the internet.
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