Carnegie Free Library

1935/1980

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Carnegie Free Library
  • Title
  • Carnegie Free Library
  • Creator
  • Mark Perrot Photography
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B012.F07.I02
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B012.F07.I02
  • Description
  • The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh-Allegheny Regional was originally known as the Carnegie Free Library. It was named after its benefactor, Andrew Carnegie, who donated over $250,000 for its construction in 1886, and another $150,000 for an expansion in 1915. The architects who designed the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., Smithmeyer and Pel, also designed the Carnegie Free Library. The library was dedicated by President Benjamin Harrison on February 20, 1890.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.Allegheny Regional.
    Public libraries--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    North Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Fountains--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
  • Rights Information
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