Carnegie Free Library

1889

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Carnegie Free Library
  • Title
  • Carnegie Free Library
  • Creator
  • James Benney III
  • Identifier
  • PSS20.B001.F46.I01
  • Source Identifier
  • PSS20.B001.F46.I01
  • Description
  • The Carnegie Free Library (now the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh-Allegheny Regional) 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. Architects Smithmeyer and Pelz designed the building, in addition to the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.Allegheny Regional.
    Carnegie Free Library (Allegheny, Pa.)
    North Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Libraries--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • James Benney (III) Photographs, 1888-1889, PSS 20, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • James Benney Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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