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6 unusual facts about Carnegie Library


Bayliss, California

The most notable feature of Bayliss is one of the last operational Carnegie libraries located at 7830 County Road 39.

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In 1935, the centennial of his Carnegie's birth, a copy of the portrait of him originally painted by F. Luis Mora was given to libraries he helped fund.

Govanhill

Govanhill is home to one of Glasgow's original Carnegie libraries, deftly designed in the Edwardian Baroque style by James Robert Rhind.

Springbourne

Springbourne Library opened in 1909 and was only made possible by its benefactor, Andrew Carnegie, it being 1 of the many Carnegie library's, a scheme created by Andrew Carnegie, that involved building 2509 libraries worldwide, 660 of which were built in the UK, Springbourne Library being 1 of them.

Stanley A. Milner Library

The original downtown library was funded by a donation from Andrew Carnegie and completed in 1923 (a temporary downtown library had existed prior to this).

Walkley

The 20th century saw the building of Walkley branch library on land that was cleared at the junction of South Road and Walkley Road, the library was a Carnegie library built with funding partly provided by Andrew Carnegie and its boundary wall bears a commemorative plate to that effect.


Belgrade University Library

It is a Carnegie library built with the financial resources donated by businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie via the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Canton Township Carnegie Library

Canton Township Carnegie Library is an historic Carnegie library at 203 North Main Street in Canton, Kansas.

Dublin City Public Libraries and Archive

The philanthropist Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919) funded the building of four Carnegie Libraries in the Dublin City Public Libraries branch network, Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street; Rathmines Library (terracotta by the famous Gibbs and Canning of Tamworth, Staffordshire); Pembroke Library and Charleville Mall Library.

Farnworth

The library is a Carnegie Library and celebrated its centenary on the 11th April 2011.

Feltonville, Philadelphia

Completed in 1930, this branch has the distinction of being the last Carnegie library built with funds provided by the noted philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.

Linton, Indiana

The Carnegie Heritage and Arts Center of Greene County is responsible for preserving and maintaining the historic 1908 Margaret Cooper Public Library building (a Carnegie library), which also houses the city's Phil Harris and Alice Faye memorabilia collection.

Museum of Vancouver

The society collected curios and artifacts and displayed them in various locations until the museum opened in its first permanent location in the Carnegie Library on April 15, 1905.

Oswego, Kansas

The community of Oswego is served by the Oswego Public Library (OPL), a Carnegie Library.

Ottawa Library

The Ottawa Library is a Carnegie library located at the intersection of 5th and Main Streets in Ottawa, Kansas.

Pillgwenlly

The opening line 'Libraries gave us power' of the 1996 song A Design for Life, by Blackwood band Manic Street Preachers, was inspired by the legend above the entrance to the former Carnegie Library.

Sterling Free Public Carnegie Library

The Sterling Free Public Carnegie Library is a Carnegie library located at 132 N. Broadway in Sterling, Kansas.


see also

Hans Hacker

Additionally, a number of East Liverpool institutions and businesses such as the Museum of Ceramics, the Carnegie Library and the Dawson Funeral Home have Hacker's work on display.

Warder Park

The Carnegie Library opened Oct 25, 2006 after a 4 million dollar renovation for the Remnant Trust and also included a bas-relief sculpture, titled The Timeline of Liberty, by sculptor Lorenzo Ghiglieri.