The story of Pittsburgh: Education

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Identifikator:: 1831622599

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Title:: The story of Pittsburgh

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1919-1930

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1831623714

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-241132

Document type:: Volume

Title:: Education

Volume count:: Vol. 1, nr. 14

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1928

Scope:: [ca. 80] Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Carnegie institute

Collection:: Economics Books

The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh was founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1895. On November 25, 1881, Mr. Carnegie offered to give $250,000 for a free library in Pitts- burgh, provided the city would agree to appropriate the sum of $15,000 annually for its maintenance. At that time the city had no power to raise money by taxation for the main- tenance of such an institution, but in 1887, the enabling act was passed by the Legislature, and Mr. Carnegie was notified that the city was able to perform its part if he would renew his offer. In February 1890, Mr. Carnegie offered to expend not less than $1,000,000 on condition that the city would bind itself to place in the hands of the board of trustees of the library, at least $40,000 annually. With this larger offer to an enlarged city, Mr. Carnegie suggested the erection of branch library buildings. The ordinance accepting the second proposition was passed on March 1, 1890. At the first meeting of the board of trustees, James B. Scott was made president, Henry C. Frick, treasurer, and William N. Frew, secretary. In 1891 the city authorized the board of trustees to erect the main structure for the library on part of the nineteen acres of park land which had just been acquired from Mrs. Schenley. The building was dedicated to public use on November 5, 1895. In a few years after the opening of the Central Library building, it became clear that it was outgrown; whereupon Mr. Carnegie gave another gift of $5,000,000 for the recon- struction of the building. The plans for the extension provided new quarters for the Department of Fine Arts and the Department of the Museum. The enlarged building, as it stands today, was formally opened to the public in April 1907. This building stands on Forbes street at the entrance to Schenley Park, just beyond Forbes Field. The building is three stories in height and covers approximately four acres. The walls are a light gray sandstone, and the archi- tecture is a modification of the Italian Renaissance. The walls are surmounted by a bronze cornice, below which, carved in the stone of the frieze, are the names of men dis- tinguished in the fields of literature, music, art and science.

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