Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny
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Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny
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| Location: | Allegheny Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates: | 40°27′11″N 80°0′19″W / 40.45306°N 80.00528°WCoordinates: 40°27′11″N 80°0′19″W / 40.45306°N 80.00528°W |
| Area: | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built: | 1886-90 |
| Architect: | Smithmeyer & Pelz |
| Architectural style: | Romanesque Revival, Richardsonian Romanesque |
| Governing body: | Local |
| NRHP Reference#: | 74001736[1] |
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| Added to NRHP: | November 1, 1974 |
| Designated CPHS: | March 15, 1974[2] |
| Designated PHLF: | 1970[3] |
The Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny is situated in the Allegheny Center neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 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. Pelz.
It was the second Carnegie library in the United States, the first one being built for steel-workers at Braddock.
The running costs were met from local taxes unlike the Carnegie Free Library of Braddock, which received an endowment from Carnegie.[4] After a mid-2000s lightning strike, the library was moved to a new building a few blocks north on Federal Street. The New Hazlett Theater is now the primary tenant. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
References [edit]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
- ^ "Local Historic Designations". Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
- ^ Historic Landmark Plaques 1968-2009. Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
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