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Flatbush Library has served patrons in its present location on Linden Boulevard since 1905; it was the sixth library built in Brooklyn with funds from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. [7] The building was designed by Rudolphe L. Daus , but an extensive renovation in 1934 has rendered the building almost unrecognizable.
The following list of Carnegie libraries in New York provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in New York, where 107 public libraries were built from 42 grants (totaling $6,416,821) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1899 to 1917. In addition, academic libraries were built at 3 institutions (totaling ...
Carnegie Corporation Library Program 1911–1961. New York: Carnegie Corporation. OCLC 1282382. Bobinski, George S. (1969). Carnegie Libraries: Their History and Impact on American Public Library Development. Chicago: American Library Association. ISBN 0-8389-0022-4. Jones, Theodore (1997). Carnegie Libraries Across America. New York: John ...
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, including some belonging to public and university library systems.
The New York Public Library: a universe of knowledge. New York: New York Public Library in association with Scala Publishers, London. Dierickx, Mary B. (1996). The Architecture of Literacy: The Carnegie Libraries of New York City. New York: Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art and the New York City Dept. of General Services.
Between 1886 and 1920, Carnegie donated more than $55 million to help pay for more than 2,500 libraries in America and overseas, according to the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the charitable ...
New Lots Library 665 New Lots Avenue The branch was founded in 1942 and became a BPL branch in 1949. [48] New Utrecht Library 1743 86th Street The branch was founded in 1894 as the Free Library of the Town of New Utrecht and became a BPL branch in 1901. The current building opened in 1956. [49] Pacific Library 25 Fourth Ave. at Pacific St.
It was designed and built with funds provided by the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. It is one of 3,000 such libraries constructed between 1885 and 1919, and one of 107 in New York State. Carnegie provided $15,000 toward the construction of the Fulton library. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. [1]