List of Carnegie libraries in Pennsylvania

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The following list of Carnegie libraries in Pennsylvania provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Pennsylvania, where 59 public libraries were built from 27 grants (totaling $5,169,587) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1886 to 1917. Notably, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania contains the first Carnegie libraries ever donated by the philanthropist, owing to his personal connection to the Pittsburgh area. Architectural Critic Patricia Lowry calls them "Pittsburgh's most significant cultural export".[1]

Five out of the first seven, six of the first ten, and seven of the first twelve libraries that Carnegie commissioned in America are in Allegheny County. Also, eleven of the first fourteen Carnegie funded libraries to open in America were in Allegheny County. In all, 19 libraries were commissioned in the county and several of them are more than just libraries but are cultural centers as well.

Also among the libraries built were 25 in Philadelphia which are listed separately. In addition to public libraries, academic libraries were built for 9 institutions, more than any other state. These grants totaled $441,000. In addition Carnegie founded two entire colleges in Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute of Technology and Margaret Morrison College for Women. Both are today part of Carnegie Mellon University.

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Philadelphia

The following list of Carnegie libraries in Philadelphia provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Philadelphia, where 25 libraries were built from 1 grant (totaling $1,500,000) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York on January 5, 1903.[2]

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Library Image Location Notes
1 Chestnut Hill File:Phila FLP ChestnutHill01.png 8711 Germantown Avenue (19118)
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2 Cobbs Creek File:Phila FLP CobbsCreek01.png 5800 Cobbs Creek Parkway, (19143)
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3 Falls of Schuylkill File:Phila FLP FallsSchuylkill02.png 3501 Midvale Avenue (19129)

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4 Frankford 4634 Frankford Avenue (19124) Replaced by modern building[3]
style="background:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 5 Germantown File:Germantown Free Library.JPG 5818 Germantown Avenue (19144)
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6 Greenwich Original razed[4]
7 Haddington File:Phila FLP Haddington01.jpg 446 North 65th Street (19151)
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8 Kingsessing File:Phila FLP Kingsessing02.jpg 1201 South 51st Street (19143)
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9 Lehigh File:Phila FLP LehighAvenue02.png 601 West Lehigh Avenue (19133)
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10 Logan File:Phila FLP Logan01.png 1333 Wagner Avenue (19141),
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11 Manayunk Fleming and Dupont Streets (19128)
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12 McPherson Square File:Phila FLP McPherson01.jpg 601 East Indiana Avenue (19134)
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13 Nicetown 1715 Hunting Park Avenue (19124)[8] Replaced by modern building in 1961,
at 3720 Broad Street 19140[9]
14 Oak Lane File:Phila FLP OakLane01.png 6614 North 12th Street (19126)
Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 		Land gift of citizens of Oak Lane and Vicinity[10]
15 Paschalville File:Phila FLP Paschalville.01.png 6942 Woodland Avenue (19142)
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16 Passyunk File:Phila FLP Passyunk01.png 1935 Shunk Street (19145)
Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 		Opened 1914, Renamed 2004:
Thomas F. Donatucci Sr. Branch[11]
17 Richmond File:Phila FLP Richmond01.jpg 2987 Almond Street (19134)
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18 South Philadelphia 2407 S Broad Street
19 Southwark 1108 South 5th Street Now houses Philadelphia Overseas Chinese Association
20 Spring Garden 1700 Spring Garden Street Razed[4]
21 Tacony File:Phila FLP Tacony01.jpg 6742 Torresdale Avenue (19135)
Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 		Land gift of Jacob S. Disston, Esq. 1906 [12]
22 Thomas Holme File:Phila FLP Holmesburg01.jpg 7810 Frankford Avenue (19136)
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Land gift of Lower Dublin Academy[13]

23 Walnut Street File:Phila FLP WalnutStreet01.png 140 South 40th Street (19104)
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24 Wissahickon Manayunk Avenue and Osbourne Street Razed[4]
25 Wyoming File:Phila FLP Wyoming02.jpg 231 East Wyoming Avenue (19120)
Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 		Opened October 30, 1930, it was the last library funded by Carnegie.[14]

Public libraries

Library Locality Image Date
granted[15] 		Grant
amount[15][16] 		Location Notes
style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 1 Allegheny Allegheny County—North Side of Pittsburgh, formerly known as Allegheny City File:Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny.jpg Template:Dts $481,012 6 Allegheny Square East The first Carnegie Library in the US to be commissioned and the second to open. Dedicated by Carnegie and U.S. President Benjamin Harrison on February 20, 1890. Also houses the first Carnegie Hall in the US, which is now used by the New Hazlett Theater. And starting in 2017, the library space is being renovated and being turned into the Museum Lab, which is a part of the Children's Museum across the street, and will open in April 2019.
style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 2 Beaver Falls Beaver Falls, Beaver County File:Carnegie Free Library in Beaver Falls.jpg Template:Dts $50,000 1301 7th Ave. The 20th Carnegie Library in the U.S. to be commissioned.
style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 3 Braddock Allegheny County -- Braddock File:CarnegieFreeLibraryofBraddock.jpg 1887 $357,782 419 Library St.
Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 		The first Carnegie Library in the US to open and the second to be commissioned. Dedicated by Carnegie and U.S. President Benjamin Harrison on March 30, 1889. Originally, it was not a publicly supported library but was fully funded by the Carnegie Steel Co. and governed by its officials. The first of four such libraries in the US to be fully endowed. An 1893 expansion doubled the size of the building and includes the third Carnegie Music Hall in the US, a Gymnasium, and a swimming pool (currently out of use).
4 Bradford Bradford, McKean County Free to the Public Template:Dts $40,000 27 Congress St. Library moved to a new building in 1991. Now a restaurant, Beefeaters at the Historic Carnegie Library.[17][18]
5 Butler Butler, Butler County Template:Dts $37,000 218 N. McKean St. The last library commissioned by Carnegie in Pennsylvania and among the last in the entire country. Opened 1921; renovated 1966 and 2003
style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 6 Carnegie Allegheny County -- Carnegie File:AndrewCarnegieFreeLibrary.jpg Template:Dts $310,000 300 Beechwood Ave. The seventh Carnegie Library in the USA commissioned and the third to be fully endowed. Opened May 1, 1901. Official name: Andrew Carnegie Free Library. Of the 2,509 libraries built by Andrew Carnegie, it was the only public library granted permission to use both his first and last names. In addition to the library, it includes a 788-seat Music Hall, 140-seat Lecture Hall, Civil War Museum, and a small in-town park.[19]
style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 7 Connellsville Connellsville, Fayette County File:Carnegie Free Library Connellsville Pennsylvania.jpg Template:Dts $75,000 299 S. Pittsburgh St. The 13th library in the US to receive a grant.
8 Corry Corry, Erie County File:Corry, Pennsylvania (4826624112).jpg Template:Dts $15,000 203 N. Center St. Now a restaurant
9 Duquesne Allegheny County -- Duquesne Template:Dts $310,000 The fourth and final library to be fully endowed. Carnegie had a Steel Mill here. Demolished in June 1968
10 Easton Easton, Northampton County File:Easton Area Public Library in Easton PA.jpg Template:Dts $57,500 515 Church St.
11 Edgewood Allegheny County -- Edgewood Template:Dts $12,500 1 Pennwood Ave. C.C. Mellor Memorial Library, opened September 1, 1916. Named for Charles C. Mellor, one of the original trustees, appointed by Andrew Carnegie, of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.
style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 12 Hamburg Hamburg, Berks County File:Hamburg Public Library BerksCo PA.JPG Template:Dts $10,000 35 N. 3rd St.
13 Homestead Allegheny County -- Munhall File:CarnegieLibraryofHomestead.jpg Template:Dts $322,067 510 E. 10th Ave. The sixth Carnegie Library in the US to be commissioned and the second to be fully endowed. Opened November 5, 1898. It was the 7th to open—the Lawrenceville branch of Pittsburgh, commissioned at the same time as its main branch, opened 6 months earlier. Also contains a Carnegie Music Hall, a lecture hall, a gymnasium, a swimming pool, and a bowling alley.
style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 14 Johnstown Johnstown, Cambria County File:Johnstown Flood Museum (11718055843).jpg Template:Dts $55,332 304 Washington St. The fourth Carnegie Library commissioned in the US and the first outside of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Now the Johnstown Flood Museum.
15 Mansfield Mansfield, Tioga County Template:Dts $5,000 71 N. Main St.
style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 16 McKeesport Allegheny County -- McKeesport File:CarnegieFreeLibraryofMckeesport.jpg Template:Dts $50,000 1507 Library Ave. The 12th library in the US to receive a grant from Carnegie. Opened July 15, 1902.
17 Midland Midland, Beaver County File:Midland Carnegie Library.jpg Template:Dts $20,000 61 9th St.
18 North Bessemer Allegheny County -- Penn Hills Template:Dts $20,600 Demolished in the 1950s
19 Oakmont Allegheny County -- Oakmont File:Carnegie Library, Oakmont, 2015-02-27.jpg Template:Dts $25,000 700 Allegheny River Blvd. The tenth library in the US to receive a grant. Opened 1901.
20 Oil City Oil City, Venango County File:Oil City Carnegie Library.jpg Template:Dts $44,000 2 Central Ave.
21 Phoenixville Phoenixville, Chester County Template:Dts $20,000 183 2nd Ave.
style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 22 Pittsburgh Main Allegheny County -- Pittsburgh File:Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh 1.jpg Template:Dts $1,160,614[20] 4400 Forbes Ave. The third Carnegie Library commissioned in the US and the first to have multiple branches. Main library dedicated November 5, 1895, at which time Carnegie announced an additional gift to enlarge the building. The mammoth structure in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh contains the Main Library, Carnegie Music Hall (the fourth to open in the USA), Carnegie Museum of Natural History, and Carnegie Museum of Art.
23 Pittsburgh East Liberty Pittsburgh Template:Dts — Opened 1905, demolished in the 1960s. In 1967 a new Carnegie library opened at a different location in East Liberty. That structure was renovated in 2010 by Edge Studio.
24 Pittsburgh Hazelwood Pittsburgh File:Hazelwood Branch Library abandoned.jpg Template:Dts — 4748 Monongahela St. Opened August 15, 1900. The eleventh Carnegie funded library to open in America. Relocated to Second Avenue in 2004.
25 Pittsburgh Homewood Pittsburgh File:HomewoodCarnegieLibraryofPittsburgh.jpg ? $160,500 [21] 7101 Hamilton Ave. Opened 1910, it was not part of Carnegie's original grant to Pittsburgh but part of a later gift. It's the last library Carnegie built in the city of Pittsburgh and is much bigger than a typical branch building. It's the library featured in episodes of the PBS show Mr. Rogers Neighborhood. Includes 300-seat auditorium. Renovated 2004.
26 Pittsburgh Lawrenceville Pittsburgh File:CarnegieLibaryLawrencevillePHLF.jpg Template:Dts — 279 Fisk St. Opened May 10, 1898. The 6th Carnegie Library to open in the US, it was the first 'self-service' library using an open-stacks policy. It was planned so one librarian could oversee the entire operation with a circulation desk flanked by turnstiles that admitted readers to the open stacks one at a time. Also the first library to have a room for children. The reading rooms were separated by walls that became glass partitions above waist level—under the watchful eye of the librarian.[1][22]
27 Pittsburgh Mount Washington Pittsburgh File:CarnegieLibraryofPittsburgh,MountWashington.JPG Template:Dts — 315 Grandview Ave. Opened May 31, 1900; the tenth Carnegie funded library to open in America
28 Pittsburgh South Side Pittsburgh File:SouthSideCarnegieLibraryPittsburgh.jpg Template:Dts — 2205 E. Carson St. Opened January 30, 1908, the last of those which were financed from Mr. Carnegie's original gift to the city.
29 Pittsburgh West End Pittsburgh File:WestEndCarnegieLibraryofPittsburgh.jpg Template:Dts — 47 Wabash St. Opened January 31, 1899. The eighth Carnegie funded library to open in America. It was Carnegie's second library (after Lawrenceville branch) to have open shelves for patrons and second neighborhood branch—which he scaled down considerably from the huge structures built as central libraries and cultural centers such as Braddock, Allegheny, Homestead, and Pittsburgh Main Branch.
30 Pittsburgh Wylie Avenue Pittsburgh Template:Dts — 1911 Wylie Ave. Opened June 1, 1899. The ninth Carnegie funded library to open in America. Branch relocated in 1982. Original building now a mosque
31 Pottsville Pottsville, Schuylkill County Template:Dts $45,000 215 W. Market St.
32 Reading Reading, Berks County Template:Dts $111,180 100 S. 5th St. Dedicated May 15, 1913
33 Ridley Park Ridley Park, Delaware County File:Ridley Park PA Public Library.JPG Template:Dts $10,000 107 E. Ward St. Dedicated July 4, 1912
34 Swissvale Allegheny County -- Swissvale File:Swissvale Carnegie library.jpg Template:Dts $25,000 1800 Monongahela Ave. Opened February 4, 1918. The last Library built by Carnegie in his adopted home of Allegheny County.

Academic libraries

Institution Locality Image Date
granted[23] 		Grant
amount[23] 		Location Notes
1 Bucknell University Lewisburg, Union County Template:Dts $30,000 Now houses the history department
style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 2 College of Physicians Philadelphia File:College of Physicians 1.JPG Template:Dts $100,000 19 S. 22nd St.
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3 Grove City College Grove City, Mercer County Template:Dts $32,000 Now the alumni center
4 Institute for Colored Youth Cheyney File:1909 Cheyney Library.JPG Template:Dts $10,000
5 Juniata College Huntingdon, Huntingdon County File:Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania 27.jpg Template:Dts $28,000 Now an art museum
6 Lebanon Valley College Annville File:Lebanon Valley College.jpg Template:Dts $20,000 Now the admissions office
7 Pennsylvania State College State College File:CarnegieBuildingPennStateUniversity.jpg Template:Dts $150,000 Now the College of Communications
8 Perkiomen Seminary Pennsburg Carnegie Library of The Perkiomen School Template:Dts
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$15,000
9 Swarthmore College Swarthmore Template:Dts $50,000 Open 1907–1967, burned September 16, 1983


Notes

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  1. ↑ a b Patricia Lowry; http://old.post-gazette.com/ae/20030302carnegie2.asp Script error: No such module "webarchive".
  2. ↑ Anderson, p. 57.
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  6. ↑ "Branch renamed for Lillian E. Marrero-Rios (1956–2005), a librarian at this branch for many years."
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  14. ↑ Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Historical Marker Script error: No such module "webarchive".
  15. ↑ a b At various times, Bobinski and Jones disagree on these numbers. In these cases, Jones' numbers have been used due to both a more recent publication date and a more detailed gazetteer of branch libraries, which are often where the discrepancies occur.
  16. ↑ Grants for multiple libraries (Pittsburgh) are listed only by their total amount, not broken down for each branch.
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  20. ↑ Includes cost of central library, which is a part of the Carnegie Institute.
  21. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  22. ↑ Margaret Henderson Floyd; "Architecture After Richardson"; 1994
  23. ↑ a b Miller, pp. 38–40

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References

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Note: The above references, while all authoritative, are not entirely mutually consistent. Some details of this list may have been drawn from one of the references without support from the others. Reader discretion is advised.

External links

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