Built 1902 Designated PHLF 1979 Area 6,100 m² | NRHP Reference # 80003402 Opened 1902 Added to NRHP 15 October 1980 | |
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Location 1507 Library Ave., McKeesport, Pennsylvania Architect East,William J.; Stratton,Daniel Architectural style Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque People also search for Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, Carnegie Library of Homestead, McKeesport National Bank | ||
The Carnegie Free Library in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, is a Public Library built with funds from Pittsburgh steel magnate Andrew Carnegie. McKeesport is located about 15 miles up the Monongahela River from Pittsburgh. The grant for this library was commissioned April 2, 1899. Out of approximately 1,688 libraries funded by Carnegie in America, McKeesport's was the 12th he commissioned. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
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