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The Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation (PHLF) Historic Landmark plaque program was begun in 1968 in order to identify architecturally significant structures and significant pieces of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States's local heritage throughout Allegheny County. Nominations are reviewed by the private non-profit foundation's ...
The City of Pittsburgh was originally home to eight Carnegie libraries constructed at the turn of the twentieth century. In 1881, Andrew Carnegie offered a US$250,000 grant to the city for the construction of a public library on the condition that the city provided the land and annual funding for the maintenance of the property. [4]
The West End Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, located at 47 Wabash Street in the West End neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, opened on January 31, 1899. It was originally commissioned as part of Andrew Carnegie's first grant to Pittsburgh and was the third library in the Pittsburgh city system to open, following the Main ...
The Lawrenceville Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, which is located at 279 Fisk Street in the Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, opened on May 10, 1898. Designed by the architectural firm Alden & Harlow , it was added to the List of City of Pittsburgh historic designations on July 28, 2004, [ 1 ] and the List ...
United States historic place Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny U.S. National Register of Historic Places City of Pittsburgh Historic Structure Pittsburgh Landmark – PHLF Show map of Pittsburgh Show map of Pennsylvania Show map of the United States Location Allegheny Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Coordinates 40°27′11″N 80°0′19″W / 40.45306°N 80.00528°W / 40.45306 ...
The West End Neighborhood Library is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library in the West End neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is located at 2301 L Street NW. [ 1 ] The library opened in 1967 at 1101 24th Street NW and was the city's first public library branch to offer air conditioning .
[1] [2] DCLA's first president was Ainsworth Spofford who was also Librarian of Congress; most of DCLA's initial monthly meetings were held in the Library of Congress. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It changed its name to District of Columbia Library Association in March 1901 and became a chapter of the American Library Association on June 28, 1922.
In 1986, the library was named for Francis A. Gregory, a local public servant who had been the first black president of the DC Public Library Board of Trustees. [ 1 ] The new Francis A. Gregory Library was described in Architectural Record as a “shimmering pavilion.” [ 2 ] The building is a two-story, glass-sheathed box with an aluminum ...