Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Main Branch in the city's Oakland neighborhood
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Location
4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Area
9.5 acres (3.8 ha)
NRHP reference No.
79002158[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP
March 30, 1979[2]
Designated PHLF
1970[3]
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. The Pittsburgh area houses the first branches in the United States.
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.
^ abcd"Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh 2009 Annual Report". Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Archived from the original on 2010-10-31.
^ ab"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^"Internet Archive: Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation: PHLF Plaques & Registries". 2007-01-27. Archived from the original on 2007-01-27. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
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