Carnegie Free Library is a historic Carnegie library building located at Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It was designed and built in 1901, with funds partly provided by the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie provided $50,000 toward the construction of the Connellsville library. The grant was commissioned by Carnegie on April 22, 1899; it was the 13th library that he commissioned in America. It is a two-story Ohio buff stone structure with basement in the Italian Renaissance Revival style. The exterior features a terra cotta cornice and red Spanish tile roof. It measures 92.2 feet (28.1 m) by 74.6 feet (22.7 m).[2]
Carnegie Free Library | |
 Carnegie Free Library, May 1989 | |
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| Location | S. Pittsburgh St., Connellsville, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°0′56″N 79°35′19″W / 40.01556°N 79.58861°W |
| Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
| Built | 1901 |
| Built by | Nixon, J.A. |
| Architect | McCollum, J.M. |
| NRHP reference No. | 81000542[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 8, 1981 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-01-24. Note: This includes Caller, Carmel (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Carnegie Free Library" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-23.
External links
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Media related to Carnegie Free Library (Connellsville, Pennsylvania) at Wikimedia Commons
- Carnegie Free Library website
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-5476, "Carnegie Free Library, 299 South Pittsburgh Street, Connellsville, Fayette County, PA", 10 photos, 29 data pages, 1 photo caption page