2025 Library Renovation

Our goal is to raise an additional $102,000 by April 24th, 2025

Your Support and Contributions is what we need to make our match for the NJ Trust Grant

The Tewksbury Township Library in historic Oldwick, NJ is raising $1 million for needed repairs to our building. Preserving our historic library building isn’t just about maintaining bricks and mortar; it’s about safeguarding our cultural heritage and ensuring future generations have access to knowledge and community resources.

Help save our library by donating by credit card below or by sending a check to Tewksbury Library, PO Box 49, Oldwick, NJ 08858.

$191,300 of $1 million raised

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``The Tewksbury Library is an important part of our community and it needs our help. I am thrilled to serve as Honorary Chair of the library’s Capital Campaign that is kicking off to raise $1 million to fund major structural and interior enhancements to the beloved 217-year-old library building that sits in the heart of Oldwick. Please join me in donating and supporting the campaign.``

Christine Todd Whitman

Former NJ Governor and Honorary Chair, Campaign Committee

2024 Condition Assessment & Historic Preservation Plan

The Tewksbury Library Board of Trustees engaged Connolly & Hickey Historic Architects to assess the conditions of our library building. Numerous deficiencies in the library building were identified.

As a result of major structural deficiencies, our library is sagging under the weight of the furnishings, books, and building itself.

Major structural issues were unveiled during this assessment:

Building Support is Failing
- Main support beam is undersized
- Beam is supported on stone piles with no foundations
- Floor joists are undersized
- Rim joist over the basement is unsupported
West Wall is Bowing
- Vertical framing member is broken
- Lintel over the group of four windows is inadequate
- A hinge condition exists between the first and second floors

Repairs and enhancements will be addressed in three phases

Phase 1

Make critical repairs to historic building’s structure including:

$292,000 Community Fundraising Goal (half of $584,000 ), state grant covers the other half.
Donations and Pledges to date of $190,000.
Structural deficiencies (beam/joists, stone piles), window-induced bowing/sagging.

Phase 2

Reinforce and repair structural deficiencies including:

Underground drainage & moisture infiltration
Deteriorated flat-seam roofs and wood side porch
Damaged gutters, fascia and foundation joints
Asbestos pipe insulation

Phase 3

Improve form and function of our library’s interior including:

Computers & technology
Electrical receptacles & data ports
Interior wall finishes, window muntins, shelving, furnishings and lighting

With your help, repairs to the structural integrity of our building will begin in mid-2025:

Sister the existing floor joists with new engineered lumber
Install a new engineered lumber center beam
Install new intermediate concrete piers with proper concrete footings
Install new beam with intermediate steel posts w/footings under joist spanning basement
Install at least three new posts in the West wall and new plate or lintel over the bank of four windows
Install new wood flooring (removed to make structural repairs)

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2025 Library Renovation