Carnegie Libraries
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Oakmont Carnegie LibraryBuilt 1901Alden & Harlow, Architects
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Built in 1903 and used as the Public Library from 1905 to 2001
Renovated in 2002 and reopened as City Hall in 2003
In MemoriamDr. Charles D. BevingtonBorn January 13, 1826 Died November 13, 1903Resident of Winterset since 1853The site for this buildin…
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The late, great, rich & powerfulAndrew Carnegie:A real man of steel
Born 1835 in Scotlandcame to USA 1848.Was a bobbin-boy, clerktelegraph & newspaper guy,built bridges, made iron,near monopolized steel.
Wrote books & became a philanthropist.He helped…
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Historic BuildingBuilt 1903. Architects, Patton and Miller, Chicago, Illinois. Contractor, Hoeppner-Bartlett Company of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. This building was a gift to the City of Eau Claire by Andrew Carnegie.
Approved June Twenty-FourNineteen Hundre…
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Elkhart Carnegie Public Library
1903-1963
Second and High Streets
Local Financial Supporters: A.H. Beardsley, G.B. Pratt, Sr. And the City of Elkhart
Head Librarian: Katherine Sage
In February 1901, backed by a promise from the Elkhart City Council of pr…
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In 1902 the city of Port Huron secured money from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie to erect a municipal library. Two years later, this grand, Beaux-Arts-style building was completed at a cost of $45,000. Chicago architects Patton and Miller designed the India…
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This building
was presented to the
City of Brainerd
by
Andrew Carnegie
Anno Domini, 1904.
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The buildings, the bluffs, the spring and The Boulevard all make this a special place in Eureka Springs which has kept a peaceful beauty of earlier times.
The front of the McLaughlin Block has changed little since it was built in 1900 to house a very mod…
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This is one of only four free public libraries in Arkansas funded by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. It was built of native limestone and completed in 1912 on this site which was donated by Eureka Springs resident Richard C. Kerens. The architect was Geor…
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The gift of
Andrew Carnegie
The ground on which the
building stands is the gift of
Mrs. P.B. Plumb