The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is the public library system in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Its main branch is located in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, and it has 19 branch locations throug
Interior view of the main branch in the Oakland neighborhood
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Main Branch in the city's Oakland neighborhood
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A Carnegie library is a library built with money donated by Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. A total of 2,509 Carnegie libraries were built between 1883 and 1929, incl
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
…Its main branch is located in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, and it has 19 branch locations throughout the city. Like hundreds of other Carnegie libraries, the construction of the main library, which opened in 1895, and several neighborhood branches, was funded by industrialist Andrew Carnegie. The…
Andrew Carnegie, c. 1905, National Portrait Gallery
Plaque at the Taunton Public Library in Massachusetts
The first Carnegie library, in Dunfermline, Scotland
Carnegie Free Library of Braddock in Braddock, Pennsylvania, was the first Carnegie Library in the United States