Andrew Carnegie's Library Legacy

Andrew Carnegie's philosophy on life was to spend the first third of one's life getting as much as education as possible, spend the second third of one's life making as much money as possible and spend the final third of one's life giving as much of one's treasure to worthy causes as possible.  Born in Scotland, Mr. Carnegie immigrated to America where he founded a steel company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  He would later sell his company to J. P. Morgan who would rename it U.S. Steel.

Andrew Carnegie spent the last 20 years of his life as a philanthropist.  He gave away over $350 million ($4.8 billion today) of the fortune he amassed.  Here are some of the libraries built in North America with his money.

 

1.  Macomb, Illinois Library courtesy upload.wikimedia.org.

2.  Carnegie Free Library in Braddock, Pennsylvania was the first such library in the United States courtesy upload.wikimedia.org.

3.  Carnegie Library, Houston Texas circa 1904 courtesy en.wikipedia.org.

4.  San Antonio, Texas Carnegie Library courtesy en.wikipedia.org.

5.  Iron Mountain Michigan courtesy en.wikipedia.org.

6.  Yorkville Library, Toronto, Ontario courtesy en.wikipedia.org.

7.  Brantford, Ontario Library courtesy www.historicplaces.ca.

8.  Hamilton, Ontario Library courtesy www.mtc.gov.on.ca.

9.  Chatham, Ontario Library, first Carnegie Library in Canada, courtesy www.uoguelph.ca.

10.  Goderich, Ontario Library courtesy www.historicplaces.ca.