Carnegie Free Library (Connellsville, Pennsylvania)

Carnegie Free Library
Carnegie Free Library, May 1989
LocationS. Pittsburgh St., Connellsville, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°0′56″N 79°35′19″W / 40.01556°N 79.58861°W / 40.01556; -79.58861
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1901
Built byNixon, J.A.
ArchitectMcCollum, J.M.
NRHP reference No.81000542[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 8, 1981

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]

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

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Carmel Caller (n.d.). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Carnegie Free Library. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 20, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)

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