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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.

Key

Public libraries

Library

Locality

Image

Date
granted^[2]

Grant
amount^[2]^[3]

Location

Notes

Allegheny

Allegheny County—North Side of Pittsburgh, formerly known as Allegheny City

1886}}

$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.

Beaver Falls

Beaver Falls, Beaver County

1899|Aug|15}}

$50,000

1301 7th Ave.

The 20th Carnegie Library in the U.S. to be commissioned.

Braddock

Allegheny County -- Braddock

1887

$357,782

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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).

Bradford

Bradford, McKean County

1900|Jan|19}}

$40,000

27 Congress St.

Now a restaurant

Butler

Butler, Butler County

1917|May|3}}

$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

Carnegie

Allegheny County -- Carnegie

1898|Apr|26}}

$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.^[4]

Connellsville

Connellsville, Fayette County

1899|Apr|22}}

$75,000

299 S. Pittsburgh St.

The 13th library in the US to receive a grant.

Corry

Corry, Erie County

1916|Nov|9}}

$15,000

203 N. Center St.

Now a restaurant

Duquesne

Allegheny County -- Duquesne

1901|Jan|23}}

$310,000

The fourth and final library to be fully endowed. Carnegie had a Steel Mill here. Demolished in June 1968

Easton

Easton, Northampton County

1901|Jul|4}}

$57,500

515 Church St.

Edgewood

Allegheny County -- Edgewood

1914|May|8}}

$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.

Hamburg

Hamburg, Berks County

1903|Feb|20}}

$10,000

35 N. 3rd St.

Homestead

Allegheny County -- Munhall

1896|Nov|27}}

$322,067

510 E. 10th Ave.

The sixth Carnegie Library in the US to be commissioned and the second to be fully endowed. 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.

Johnstown

Johnstown, Cambria County

1890|Mar|9}}

$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.

Mansfield

Mansfield, Tioga County

1911|Mar|29}}

$5,000

71 N. Main St.

McKeesport

Allegheny County -- McKeesport

1899|Apr|2}}

$50,000

1507 Library Ave.

The 12th library in the US to receive a grant.

Midland

Midland, Beaver County

1914|May|8}}

$20,000

61 9th St.

North Bessemer

Allegheny County -- Penn Hills

1901|May|1}}

$20,600

Demolished in the 1950s

Oakmont

Allegheny County -- Oakmont

1899|Jan|24}}

$25,000

700 Allegheny River Blvd.

The tenth library in the US to receive a grant.

Oil City

Oil City, Venango County

1900|Apr|12}}

$44,000

2 Central Ave.

Phoenixville

Phoenixville, Chester County

1901|Mar|9}}

$20,000

183 2nd Ave.

Pittsburgh Main

Allegheny County -- Pittsburgh

1890|Feb|6}}

$1,160,614^[5]

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.

Pittsburgh East Liberty

Pittsburgh

1890|Feb|6}}

—

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.

Pittsburgh Hazelwood

Pittsburgh

1890|Feb|6}}

—

4748 Monongahela St.

Open 1900–2004, the eleventh Carnegie funded library to open in America.

Pittsburgh Homewood

Pittsburgh

$160,500 ^[6]

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.

Pittsburgh Lawrenceville

Pittsburgh

1890|Feb|6}}

—

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]^[7]

Pittsburgh Mount Washington

Pittsburgh

1890|Feb|6}}

—

315 Grandview Ave.

Opened 1900, the tenth Carnegie funded library to open in America

Pittsburgh South Side

Pittsburgh

1890|Feb|6}}

—

2205 E. Carson St.

Opened January 30, 1908, the last of those which were financed from Mr. Carnegie's original gift to the City.

Pittsburgh West End

Pittsburgh

1890|Feb|6}}

—

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.

Pittsburgh Wylie Avenue

Pittsburgh

1890|Feb|6}}

—

1911 Wylie Ave.

Open 1899–1982, The ninth Carnegie funded library to open in America. Now a mosque

Pottsville

Pottsville, Schuylkill County

1916|Jan|28}}

$45,000

215 W. Market St.

Reading

Reading, Berks County

1910|Apr|16}}

$111,180

100 S. 5th St.

Dedicated May 15, 1913

Ridley Park

Ridley Park, Delaware County

1911|Jun|24}}

$10,000

107 E. Ward St.

Dedicated July 4, 1912

Swissvale

Allegheny County -- Swissvale

1914|Nov|17}}

$25,000

1800 Monongahela Ave.

Opened February 1918. The last Library built by Carnegie in his adopted home of Allegheny County.

Academic libraries

Institution

Locality

Image

Date
granted^[8]

Grant
amount^[8]

Location

Notes

Bucknell University

Lewisburg, Union County

1904|Mar|10}}

$30,000

Now houses the history department

College of Physicians

Philadelphia

1903|Mar|4}}

$100,000

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Grove City College

Grove City, Mercer County

1900|Apr|28}}

$32,000

Now the alumni center

Institute for Colored Youth

Cheyney

1905|Jul|12}}

$10,000

Juniata College

Huntingdon, Huntingdon County

1905|Mar|15}}

$28,000

Now an art museum

Lebanon Valley College

Annville

1904|Feb|5}}

$20,000

Now the admissions office

Pennsylvania State College

State College

1902|Jun|26}}

$150,000

Now the College of Communications

Perkiomen Seminary

Pennsburg

1906|Apr|24}}
{{dts|1913|Jan|2}}

$6,000
$15,000

Swarthmore College

Swarthmore

1906|Feb|2}}

$50,000

Open 1907–1967, burned September 16, 1983

Notes

1. ^¹Patricia Lowry; http://old.post-gazette.com/ae/20030302carnegie2.asp
2. ^¹At 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.
3. ^Grants for multiple libraries (Pittsburgh) are listed only by their total amount, not broken down for each branch.
4. ^http://andrewcarnegie2.tripod.com/nr-trustcenten2.htm
5. ^Includes cost of central library, which is a part of the Carnegie Institute.
6. ^http://www.clpgh.org/locations/homewood/virtualtour/factoids.html
7. ^Margaret Henderson Floyd; "Architecture After Richardson"; 1994
8. ^¹Miller, pp. 38–40

References

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