Click on the image below for "Drew Redrawn" a digital project on this building

Cornell Library, c1890s


Also, there exists a small vignette on the library here via Storiies

The Cornell Library was dedicated in 1886.  Here is a list of items within the library cornerstone

The library opened on November 20,1888.  It was the first library building constructed at Drew Theological Seminary.

Exterior images

18860320_American Architect and Building News_Cornell Library color illustrationCornell Library, c1918Path leading to Cornell Library with Mead Hall in far background, c1918

Interior Images

Postcard Images


One element of the library that still exists is the surviving "Rose" Window, now located in the Learning Resource Center.

The Cornell Library was torn down 1938 when the larger Rose Memorial Library was constructed on the site. Rose Memorial Library later became part of the Learning Resource Center.

Courtesy of the Drew University Archives



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