Staten Island · NYC landmark
Tottenville Library
7430 Amboy Road · Staten Island, New York City
Explore the village library that grew from a local free-library association and an early Carnegie application.
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NYFE Summary
A local association started a free library in 1899, when oystering, shipbuilding and seaside resorts supported the village. Tottenville then submitted the first application under Carnegie’s plan to fund new library buildings in the city.
A columned entrance and large rounded windows face the landscaped approach. The low building gives this public reading space the scale of a village institution. NYPL identifies it as Staten Island’s oldest library location.
NYFE summary from the official history and visitor sources linked below.
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