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  2. Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. List of Carnegie libraries in Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    The last library commissioned by Carnegie in Pennsylvania and among the last in the entire country. Opened 1921; renovated 1966 and 2003 6: Carnegie: Allegheny County-- Carnegie: Apr 26, 1898: $310,000 300 Beechwood Ave. The seventh Carnegie Library in the USA commissioned and the third to be fully endowed. Opened May 1, 1901.

  4. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Wikipedia

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    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 Pittsburgh area houses the first ...

  5. List of Carnegie libraries in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Category:Libraries in Pittsburgh - Wikipedia

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    Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny; Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – South Side; H. Hazelwood Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh;

  7. North Side (Pittsburgh) - Wikipedia

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    The Allegheny regional branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, located at 5 Allegheny Square (Allegheny Center), was the first tax-supported library in the United States. It is now closed to the public following a lightning strike on April 6, 2007. A new library opened nearby at 1230 Federal Street.

  8. Carnegie library - Wikipedia

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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, including some belonging to public and university library systems.

  9. National Register of Historic Places listings in Allegheny ...

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    First Carnegie library built in the United States; designated a National Historic Landmark March 2, 2012 (as "Braddock Carnegie Library") 14: Andrew Carnegie Free Library: Andrew Carnegie Free Library: October 8, 1981 : 300 Beechwood Avenue: Carnegie: 15: Carrie Blast Furnace Number 6 and 7: Carrie Blast Furnace Number 6 and 7