A public library was financed by Andrew Carnegie and built by C. Harrold Norton, being completed in 1905.
Will Crooks, the then Mayor of Poplar, had attended a meeting at the Guildhall, where Carnegie had promised to fund public libraries.
Crooks was able to get a commitment from him to pay for two libraries, this one in Cubitt Town and another in Bromley by Bow.
Carnegie agreed to provide £15,000 for both together.
The total expense for this building was £6,805 13s 10d, which included some neighbouring land which originally served as a public garden before providing space for an extension to be used a meeting hall and erected in 1962.

The building is currently owned by the Tower Hamlets London Borough Council as part of their library service.
A public library was financed by Andrew Carnegie and built by C. Harrold Norton, being completed in 1905. Will Crooks, the then Mayor of Poplar, had attended a meeting at the Guildhall, where Carnegie had promised to fund public libraries. Crooks was able to get a commitment from him to pay for two libraries, this one in Cubitt Town and another in Bromley by Bow. Carnegie agreed to provide £15,000 for both together. The total expense for this building was £6,805 13s 10d, which included some neighbouring land which originally served as a public garden before providing space for an extension to be used a meeting hall and erected in 1962.
The building is currently owned by the Tower Hamlets London Borough Council as part of their library service.
Cubitt Town