The West End Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, located at 47 Wabash Street in the West End neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, opened on January 31, 1899. It was originally commissioned as part of Andrew Carnegie's first grant to Pittsburgh and was the third library in the Pittsburgh city system to open, following the Main Branch and the Lawrenceville Branch.
It was the eighth Carnegie funded library to open in America and only the second to have the new revolutionary policy of open or self-service shelves. The first with open shelves was Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville Branch, the sixth Carnegie library to open in America. The first five libraries to open in America, as well as the seventh, Carnegie Library of Homestead, were originally closed stack libraries where a clerk was used to fetch books for the patrons.
The West End Branch was added to the List of City of Pittsburgh historic designations on July 28, 2004.[1]
The Lawrenceville BranchoftheCarnegieLibraryofPittsburgh, which is located at 279 Fisk Street in the Lawrenceville neighborhood ofPittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
Carnegielibrary is a library built with money donated by Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. A total of 2,509 Carnegie...
Pennsylvania contains the first Carnegielibraries ever donated by the philanthropist, owing to his personal connection to thePittsburgh area. Architectural...
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The institution was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie...
University ofPittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and its flagship hospital, UPMC Presbyterian, as well as theCarnegie Museums ofPittsburgh, Schenley Park...
Company acquired the lease oftheWestEnd Traction Company on October 1, 1900. Pittsburgh Railways was formed on January 1, 1902, when the Southern Traction...
located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The line connected Pittsburgh in the east with Youngstown, Ohio, in the Haselton neighborhood in thewest and Connellsville...
adopted. Many ofthe original branches, funded by a Carnegie grant, still stand and continue to be operated by the Toronto Public Library. Other provinces...
discussions with the University ofPittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University to create a school focused on public affairs. In 1967, Carnegie Mellon President...
Pennsylvania. Founded by members ofthe Congregation ofthe Holy Spirit, Duquesne first opened as thePittsburgh Catholic College ofthe Holy Ghost in October 1878...
1895 Carnegie Museums and CarnegieLibraryofPittsburgh founded. Pittsburgh Arts Society founded. May 29: Schenley Park Casino opens September: The Duquesne...
University and an M.F.A. from the University ofPittsburgh writing program. He was a Professor of Creative Writing at Carnegie Mellon University until 2013...
South Side BranchoftheCarnegieLibraryofPittsburgh, built in 1909, at 2205 East Carson Street. South Side Market Building (aka the "South Side Market...
Pennsylvania was home to some ofthe largest steel companies in the world. Andrew Carnegie founded theCarnegie Steel Company in Pittsburgh and Charles M. Schwab...
into Downtown Pittsburgh, where riders can make connections with Pittsburgh Regional Transit service. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 34,467,400....
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