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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
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
Braddock Carnegie Library
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The Braddock Carnegie Library in Braddock, Pennsylvania, is the first Carnegie Library in the United States. As such, the library was named a National Historic Landmark in 2012, following its listing
Carnegie library
…States, whatever their current uses, have been recognized by listing on the National Register of Historic Places. The first, the Carnegie Library in Braddock, Pennsylvania, was designated as a National Historic Landmark in March 2012. "To this day, Carnegie's free-to-the-people libraries remain Pittsburgh's most significant…
Logo of Carnegie One
Neo-medieval cast iron newel posts flank the staircase of the original 1889 section of the building.
Children's section