Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny
The Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny is situated in the Allegheny Center neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was commissioned in 1886, the first Carnegie library to be commissioned in the United States. Donated to the public by entrepreneur Andrew Carnegie, it was built from 1886 to 1890 on a design by John L. Smithmeyer and Paul J. Pelz.
Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny
Reading Room, ca. 1900
Women's Reading Room, ca. 1900
Library entrance
Allegheny Center is a neighborhood on Pittsburgh's North Side. Its zip code is 15212, and it has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by both council members for District 6 and District 1 (Northside).
Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny, built in 1889
The former Allegheny Center Mall from PNC Park in 2014.
Allegheny Commons Park West Park, dating to 1867.
St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, built in 1874, at 720 Arch Street.