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County should continue to support Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh as county-wide resource: The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh serves as the District Library Center and County Library, and is also a contractual RAD asset. 5. County library federation should be initiated: There are now 46 Member Libraries, representing service in 73 locations. 6.
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 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 Armagh Robinson Library was founded by the Archbishop of Armagh, Richard Robinson, in the city of Armagh in the 1770s when he chose to share his own collection with the local public. These special collections remain available for perusal by all in a building close by the ancient Protestant cathedral. The collections on display include ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 List of Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks in 1989. [2] The branch re-opened in 2021 following extensive renovations and expansion. [3]
In 2009 and again in 2011, the branch was threatened with closure due to funding shortfalls within the Carnegie Library system. [ 3 ] The Branch re-opened in a third location in a renovated church on Second Avenue in June 2014 after a $2.4 million restoration which doubled its original 3,500 square feet space to 7,000 square feet.