Carnegie Free Library (Connellsville, Pennsylvania)

Carnegie Free Library is a historic Carnegie library building located at Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It was designed and built in 1901, with funds partly provided by the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie provided $50,000 toward the construction of the Connellsville library. The grant was commissioned by Carnegie on April 22, 1899; it was the 13th library that he commissioned in America. It is a two-story Ohio buff stone structure with basement in the Italian Renaissance Revival style. The exterior features a terra cotta cornice and red Spanish tile roof. It measures 92.2 feet (28.1 m) by 74.6 feet (22.7 m).[2]

Carnegie Free Library
Carnegie Free Library, May 1989
Carnegie Free Library (Connellsville, Pennsylvania) is located in Pennsylvania
Carnegie Free Library (Connellsville, Pennsylvania)
Carnegie Free Library (Connellsville, Pennsylvania) is located in the United States
Carnegie Free Library (Connellsville, Pennsylvania)
LocationS. Pittsburgh St., Connellsville, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°0′56″N 79°35′19″W
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1901
Built byNixon, J.A.
ArchitectMcCollum, J.M.
NRHP reference No.81000542[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 8, 1981

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Caller, Carmel (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Carnegie Free Library" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-23.

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