Sayreville in Middlesex County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Sayre & Fisher Reading Room

Photographed by Don Morfe, April 6, 2016

1. Sayre & Fisher Reading Room Marker

Inscription. The reading room building was constructed in Sayreville in 1883 by the Sayre and Fisher Company for use as a library and a hall. The first floor hall was used for meetings, sales promotions and employee functions. Later it was called Sayreville Hall because community meetings, grammar school graduations, sports events and silent movies took place there. The second floor library was intended for company use but students and residents were also permitted.

The exterior walls showcase a variety of company brick products and colors. The façade displays a pattern of square and clover-leaf ornamental bricks. A terracotta design located at the top of the façade includes a book, the words reading room, the letter S over F for Sayre and Fisher and the numbers for the year 1883.

In 1979 the reading room building was listed in the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places because of its industrial, architectural and social significance.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1883.

Location. 40° 28.273′ N, 74° 21.281′ W. Marker is in Sayreville, New Jersey, in Middlesex County. It is at the intersection of Main Street

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and River Road on Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 372 Main Street, Sayreville NJ 08872, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in New Jersey’s Central Jersey,

in Greater Princeton,

and in the New York City Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Sayreville United Methodist Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); Sayre and Fisher Brick Water Tower (approx. ¼ mile away); Sayreville, New Jersey Time Capsule (approx. 0.6 miles away); Cannon Brothers' Park (approx. 1½ miles away); Sayreville 9-11 Memorial (approx. 1.7 miles away); Old School Baptist Church (approx. 2 miles away); South River World War II, Korean Conflict, and Vietnam Conflict Memorial (approx. 2 miles away); South River World War I Memorial (approx. 2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sayreville.

Photographed by Don Morfe, April 6, 2016

2. Sayre & Fisher Reading Room Marker

Sayre & Fisher Reading Room image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, April 6, 2016

3. Sayre & Fisher Reading Room

Photographed by Don Morfe, April 6, 2016

4. Sayre & Fisher Reading Room

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on April 14, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 975 times since then and 52 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on April 14, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.