Latta Library: A Carnegie Library

Andrew Carnegie was born in Scotland in 1835 as the Industrial Revolution was sweeping across Great Britian. Seeking a better life his family arrived in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania while Andrew was a small child. From a bobbin boy in a cotton ...

Carnegie Library of Homestead

Historic Landmark

Carnegie Library

of Homestead

Alden and Harlow, Architects

1896-98

Marker can be reached from 10th Avenue 0.1 miles west of Andrew Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Carnegie Library of Homestead Swim Team

Carnegie Library opened here 1898. Host to athletic club that included world-renowned swimmers. Coached by Jack Scarry, Olympic medal winners were Susan Laird & Jo McKim, 1928, & Lenore Kight Wingard, 1932 & 1936. Anna Mae Gorman competed in 1932.

Marker ...

Brookville's Carnegie Library

Dedicated in 1912, starting with approximately 600 books; collections and services have expanded to meet needs of local patrons. One of 1, 679 libraries built in U.S. with funds from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Indiana built more Carnegie libraries than any ...

Langston Hughes and the Carnegie Library

Many Lawrence residents, including perhaps Langston Hughes, spent pleasant hours reading and fostering their love of books in this Carnegie Library. As the famous writer and poet wrote:

"...When I was in the second grade, my grandmother took me to Lawrence ...

Lawrence City [Carnegie] Library

Constructed 1903-1904

This Carnegie Library housed the

Lawrence Public Library 1904-1972

Designed by George A. Berlinghof

in the Beaux Arts style

Rear addition was a 1937 Works Progress

Administration project

Andrew Carnegie

presented this building

to the People of Lawrence

A.D. 1904

Marker is at the intersection of 9th Street and ...

Carnegie Public Library

At the beginning of the Twentieth Century, Andrew Carnegie, who spent time with relatives in East Liverpool during his childhood, donated $50,000 toward the construction of a public library. The building was dedicated on May 8, 1902.

In the 1990's major ...

Carnegie Library (1907)

This neoclassical structure, a combination of Federalism and Great Reunion, was a gift of Andrew Carnegie to Wilberforce University. It was built in 1907 and was remodeled and enlarged in 1938. The building provided general reading, reference, browsing, and reserve ...

Carnegie Library

This library was donated to Hibbing by Andrew C. Carnegie. Mr. Carnegie was a financier who made his fortune in steel.

The library was finer than many in larger cities. It had all the major books available at the time.

When the ...

LaPorte's Carnegie Library

[Side One]

La Porte's first public library was established 1896. La Porte City School Board was awarded $27, 500 Carnegie grant 1916; by 1919 local support had been secured to meet grant requirements. Architect Wilson B. Parker designed the Neo-Classical style ...