In 1914 – thanks to a generous $6000 donation from American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie through the Carnegie Corporation – Essex celebrated the opening of its first library at 18 Gordon Avenue.

“The Braddock Carnegie Library represents all of that and so ... BCLA is also offering the unique opportunity to purchase a commemorative plaque to be placed on one of the 478 new chairs that ...

Top row, from left: the Carnegie Center in Phoenix, Ariz.; the 1918 Carnegie Library in Port Angeles, Wash.; the 1902 public library in Carthage, Mo.; and the Carnegie Library in Elk City, Okla.

Two plaques commemorating the branch are installed within this ... The interior features distinctive original Carnegie library designs with skylights and a domed lobby surrounded by reading rooms ...

The Joseph Mann Library, originally built in 1891, received a $12,500 grant from Andrew Carnegie in 1913 for a new building. The new Prairie School-style library, designed by Claude and Starck ...

Celebration marks end of $21 million renovation of the first Carnegie Library in the United States BRADDOCK, Pa., May 22, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Braddock Carnegie Library Association (BCLA), U.