Carnegie Free Library of Braddock

Braddock Carnegie Library
Braddock Carnegie Library. Elements to the left, including the round turret, are William Halsey Wood's 1889 facade. The octagonal tower beside the turret, and elements to its right, reflect the Longfellow, Alden & Harlow addition from 1893. The Frank Vittor statue, "Winged Victory", a WWI memorial, was added to the courtyard ca. 1922.
Carnegie Free Library of Braddock is located in Pennsylvania
Carnegie Free Library of Braddock
Carnegie Free Library of Braddock is located in the United States
Carnegie Free Library of Braddock
Location419 Library St., Braddock, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°24′6.73″N 79°51′55.53″W / 40.4018694°N 79.8654250°W / 40.4018694; -79.8654250
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1888
ArchitectWilliam Halsey Wood (1888); Longfellow, Alden & Harlow (1893 addition)
Architectural styleRomanesque Revival, Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference No.73001585[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 19, 1973
Designated NHLMarch 2, 2012
Designated PHLF1976[2]
Neo-medieval cast iron newel posts flank the staircase of the original 1889 section of the building.

The Braddock Carnegie Library in Braddock, Pennsylvania, is the first Carnegie Library in the United States. As such, the library was named a National Historic Landmark in 2012,[3][4] following its listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973,[1] and is on the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation's List of Historic Landmarks.

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Historic Landmark Plaques 1968-2009 (PDF). Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. 2010. Retrieved July 2, 2010.
  3. ^ Diana Nelson Jones (March 12, 2012). "Carnegie Library in Braddock named historic landmark". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on March 12, 2022. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
  4. ^ "Braddock Carnegie Library, National Historic Landmark Nomination" (PDF). Department of the Interior / National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 29, 2014. Retrieved March 15, 2011.