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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 ...
Opened May 1, 1901. Official name: Andrew Carnegie Free Library. Of the 2,509 libraries built by Andrew Carnegie, it was the only public library granted permission to use both his first and last names. In addition to the library, it includes a 788-seat Music Hall, 140-seat Lecture Hall, Civil War Museum, and a small in-town park. [19] 7 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Construction of the Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall began in October 1899 and was completed in less than two years, with the library officially opening to the public in May 1901. [4] The ACFL&MH was added to the List of Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks in 1979, [ 2 ] and the National Register of ...
The Mount Washington Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh located at 315 Grandview Avenue in the Mount Washington neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was built in 1900. It was designed by the architectural firm Alden & Harlow , and it was added to the List of City of Pittsburgh historic designations on July 28, 2004 [ 1 ] and the ...