About Our Library
Hours
Monday - Thursday, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Friday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Saturday, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Closed Saturdays, June, July & August
Closed Sundays
Holidays
President's Day
Easter Weekend
Memorial Day Weekend
Independence Day Weekend
Columbus Day
Thanksgiving Holiday
Christmas Holiday
New Year's Holiday
Directions
Wharton Public Library
15 South Main Street
Wharton, New Jersey 07885
For door to door driving directions to the library, enter your address below.
Library Cards
All residents of the Borough of Wharton are entitled to a free library card at the Wharton Public Library. Proof of residency must be provided. Driver's license, checkbook, or lease are acceptable as proof. Post office box numbers are not acceptable as a home address. Videos may only be borrowed by an adult card holder.
Courtesy cards are available for out-of-county residents who are employed in Wharton.
If a library card is lost, there is a $1.50 replacement fee.
History
The Wharton library dates back to May 1891 when the Luxemburg Library Association was organized by the Ross & Baker Silk Mfg. Co. and its employees. The company furnished a room, and 200 members agreed to contribute 10 cents a month to purchase books for their library. Soon 700 books were in the collection.
In 1896 the company needed the room that was holding the library books, so for the next three years the books were held in trust by various members at their homes. In 1899, Wharton Borough incorporated the library, making it public.
In 1905, the library moved to the second-floor room of Borough Hall, located on West Central Avenue, and the following year the Board of Trustees of the public library was created.
In November 1976 the president of the Wharton School Board presented the mayor with the deed to the Potter School property, site of the Wharton Public Library. The following year the Library's Board of Trustees received a federal public works grant of $467,000. Since April 1978 when the library building was dedicated, the library has been an integral part of the community.
Our library has a main level and a basement meeting-room area, as well as a mezzanine for display of local art works.
The Wharton Historical Society, which is housed at the library, has a wealth of information for patrons to review.