Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

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Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Established 1895 Location Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Website http://www.clpgh.org/ U.S. National Register of Historic Places Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmark Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Main Branch in the city's Oakland neighborhood Governing body: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Added to NRHP: March 30, 1979 Designated PHLF HL: 1970[1] NRHP Reference#: 79002158[2]

The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is the public library system in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 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.

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Main Branch in the city's Oakland neighborhood

The Pittsburgh Photographic Library is a photography repository held by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh of over 50,000 prints and negatives relating to history of Pittsburgh.

[edit] See also

• Allegheny Regional Asset District
• Pennsylvania Library Association

[edit] References

• Toker, Franklin (1986, 1994). Pittsburgh: An Urban Portrait. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 0-8229-5434-6. 

[edit] External links

• Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

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Coordinates: 40°26′34″N 79°57′03″W / 40.442728°N 79.950787°W / 40.442728; -79.950787