Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

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Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Location	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Established	1895
Website	http://www.clpgh.org/

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Main Branch in the city's Oakland neighborhood

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, was funded by industrialist Andrew Carnegie.

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Main Branch in the city's Oakland neighborhood

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.

[edit] See also

• Allegheny Regional Asset District
• Pennsylvania Library Association

[edit] References

• Toker, Franklin (1986, 1994). Pittsburgh: An Urban Portrait. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 0-8229-5434-6. 

[edit] External links

• Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

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Coordinates: 40.442728° N 79.950787° W