Editing Hopewell, New Jersey (section)

====Public library====
[[Image:HOPEWELL PUBLIC LIBRARY, HOPEWELL, MERCER COUNTY.jpg|thumb|Hopewell Public Library]]
The Hopewell Public Library was founded March 14, 1914, and was originally located at Broad and Mercer Streets in an old harness shop. The Hopewell Post Office had replaced the old bank building in 1915 and the Hopewell Public Library moved to its current location in the old Hopewell National Bank building in 1965.<ref name="hundred">Johnson, Kelley. [https://www.nj.com/mercer/2014/03/hopewell_library_looks_for_a_more_compliant_work_space_as_it_celebrates_100th_birthday.html "Hopewell library looks for a more compliant work space as it celebrates 100th birthday"], ''[[The Times (Trenton)|The Times]]'', March 18, 2014, updated March 29, 2019. Accessed November 27, 2019. "The current red building was erected in 1890 and served as a home for the Hopewell National Bank. The library was founded inside an old harness shop on March 14, 1914, moved into a museum building in the 1920s and later moved to the current location in the old bank building."</ref>

In 2014, the library began looking for a new space, citing the lack of a parking lot and non-ADA compliant steps an issue with serving the general public.<ref name="hundred" /> The library estimated that it needed to raise $1.2&nbsp;million to cover the cost of the new building.<ref>Galioto, Mary. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140311164852/http://mercerme.com/hopewell-boro-library-expansion-and-relocation-proposed/ "Hopewell Boro Library Expansion and Relocation Proposed"], MercerMe, March 11, 2014, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of March 11, 2014. Accessed November 27, 2019. "In order to fund such an undertaking, the HPL Board proposed a major multi-year capital fundraising campaign with a goal of $1.2 million for the construction and renovations, through private gifts, grants, and fundraising events."</ref>