The following list of Carnegie libraries in Pennsylvania provides detailed information on United States

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 Carnegie libraries

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 in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

, where 59 public libraries were built from 27 grants (totaling $5,169,587) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York

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 from 1886 to 1917. Among the libraries built were 25 in Philadelphia which are listed separately. Pennsylvania notably contains the first Carnegie libraries ever donated by the philanthropist, owing to his personal Pennsylvania connection.

In addition to public libraries, academic libraries were built for 9 institutions, more than any other state. These grants totaled $441,000.

Public libraries

	Library	Locality	Image	Date granted	Grant amount	Location	Notes
1	Allegheny Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny The Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny is situated in the Allegheny Center neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Donated to the public by entrepreneur Andrew Carnegie and built in 1889, it was the second Carnegie library in the United States...	Allegheny Allegheny, Pennsylvania Allegheny City was a Pennsylvania municipality located on the north side of the junction of the Allegheny and Ohio rivers, across from downtown Pittsburgh. It was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1907...			$481,012
2	Beaver Falls Carnegie Free Library of Beaver Falls The Carnegie Free Library of Beaver Falls, also known as Carnegie Free Library, Beaver Falls, was the first public library built in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. Constructed in 1903, the structure was part of the Carnegie library system created by renowned steel industrialist Andrew...	Beaver Falls Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania Beaver Falls is a city in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 8,987 at the 2010 census. It is located 31 miles northwest of Pittsburgh, and on the Beaver River, six miles from its confluence with the Ohio River...			$50,000
3	Braddock Carnegie Free Library of Braddock The Carnegie Free Library of Braddock in Braddock, Pennsylvania, is a Richardsonian Romanesque building from 1888. It was the first Carnegie library in the United States, and it was designed by William Halsey Wood. An addition was added in 1893, architects Longfellow, Alden & Harlow...	Braddock Braddock, Pennsylvania Braddock is a borough located in the eastern suburbs of Pittsburgh in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 10 miles upstream from the mouth of the Monongahela River. The population was 2,159 at the 2010 census...			$357,782	419 Library Street 40.401869°N 79.865425°W
4	Bradford	Bradford Bradford, Pennsylvania Bradford is a small city located in rural McKean County, Pennsylvania, in the United States 78 miles south of Buffalo, New York. Settled in 1823, Bradford was chartered as a city in 1879 and emerged as a wild oil boomtown in the Pennsylvanian oil rush in the late 19th century...			$40,000	67 West Washington Street
5	Butler	Butler Butler, Pennsylvania The city of Butler is the county seat of Butler County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, situated north of Pittsburgh. The population was 15,121 at the 2000 census.- History :...			$37,000
6	Carnegie Andrew Carnegie Free Library (Carnegie, Pennsylvania) The Andrew Carnegie Free Library located at 300 Beechwood Avenue in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, was built in 1899. It was added to the List of Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks in 1979, and the National Register of Historic Places on October 8, 1981....	Carnegie Carnegie, Pennsylvania Carnegie is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States and is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. The population was 7,972 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Carnegie is located at . It is approximately southwest of Pittsburgh...			$310,000
7	Connellsville	Connellsville Connellsville, Pennsylvania Connellsville is a city in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA, 57 miles southeast of Pittsburgh on the Youghiogheny River, a tributary of the Monongahela River. It is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. In 1890, 5,629 people lived in Connellsville, which was a borough at that time...			$75,000
8	Corry	Corry Corry, Pennsylvania Corry is a city located in northwestern Pennsylvania in the United States. With a population of 6,834 at the 2000 United States Census, it is the second largest city in Erie County. Corry is a part of the Erie Metropolitan Statistical Area...			$15,000
9	Duquesne	Duquesne Duquesne, Pennsylvania Duquesne is a city along the Monongahela River in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and is part of the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area. The population was 5,565 at the 2010 census.-History:...			$310,000
10	Easton	Easton Easton, Pennsylvania Easton is a city in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 26,800 as of the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Northampton County....			$57,500
11	Edgewood	Edgewood Edgewood, Pennsylvania Edgewood is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania:*Edgewood, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania*Edgewood, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania...			$12,500
12	Hamburg	Hamburg Hamburg, Pennsylvania Hamburg is a borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,114 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Hamburg, Germany.-Geography:Hamburg is located at ....			$10,000
13	Homestead Carnegie Library of Homestead -References:...	Munhall Munhall, Pennsylvania Munhall is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, on the west bank of the Monongahela River, south of the confluence of the Monongahela and the Allegheny rivers where the Ohio River begins. It abuts the borough of Homestead. A large part of the Homestead Works of the Carnegie Steel Company...			$322,067
14	Johnstown	Johnstown Johnstown, Pennsylvania Johnstown is a city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States, west-southwest of Altoona, Pennsylvania and east of Pittsburgh. The population was 20,978 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Cambria County...			$55,332
15	Mansfield	Mansfield Mansfield, Pennsylvania Mansfield is a borough located in southern Tioga County, Pennsylvania, United States, in the Tioga River valley. It is situated at the intersection of U.S. Route 6 and U.S...			$5,000
16	McKeesport Carnegie Free Library (McKeesport, Pennsylvania) The Carnegie Free Library in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, is a building from 1902. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.-External links:* - official site...	McKeesport McKeesport, Pennsylvania McKeesport is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in the United States; it is located at the confluence of the Monongahela and Youghiogheny rivers and is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. The population was 19,731 at the 2010 census...			$50,000
17	Midland	Midland Midland, Pennsylvania Midland is a borough located along the Ohio River in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2000 census, the borough population was 3,137.-Geography:Midland is located at ....			$20,000
18	North Bessemer	North Bessemer Bessemer, Pennsylvania Bessemer is a borough in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,172 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Bessemer is located at ....			$20,600
19	Oakmont	Oakmont Oakmont, Pennsylvania Oakmont is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA. It is a Pittsburgh suburb and part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. The population was 6,303 at the 2010 census....			$25,000
20	Oil City	Oil City Oil City, Pennsylvania Oil City is a city in Venango County, Pennsylvania that is known in the initial exploration and development of the petroleum industry. After the first oil wells were drilled nearby in the 1850s, Oil City became central in the petroleum industry while hosting headquarters for the Pennzoil, Quaker...			$44,000
21	Phoenixville	Phoenixville Phoenixville, Pennsylvania Phoenixville is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States, northwest of Philadelphia, at the junction of French Creek with the Schuylkill River. The population is 16,440 as of the 2010 Census.- History :...			$20,000
22	Pittsburgh Main Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is the public library system in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Its main branch is located in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, and it has 19 branch locations throughout the city...	Pittsburgh			$1,160,614
23	Pittsburgh East Liberty	Pittsburgh			—
24	Pittsburgh Hazelwood Hazelwood Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh The Hazelwood Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh located at 4748 Monongahela Street in the Hazelwood neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was built in 1899. It was added to the List of City of Pittsburgh historic designations on July 28, 2004....	Pittsburgh			—
25	Pittsburgh Homewood Homewood Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh The Hazelwood Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh located at 7101 Hamilton Avenue in the Homewood South neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, opened on March 10, 1910. It was designed by the architectural firm Alden & Harlow The Hazelwood Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh...	Pittsburgh			—
26	Pittsburgh Lawrenceville Lawrenceville Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh The Lawrenceville Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh located at 279 Fisk Street in the Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was built in 1898...	Pittsburgh			—
27	Pittsburgh Mount Washington Mount Washington Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh The Mount Washington Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh located at 315 Grandview Avenue in the Mount Washington neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was built in 1900...	Pittsburgh			—
28	Pittsburgh South Side South Side Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh The South Side Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh located at 2205 East Carson Street in the South Side Flats neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was built in 1909. It was designed by the architectural firm Alden & Harlow, and it was added to the List of Pittsburgh History and...	Pittsburgh			—
29	Pittsburgh West End West End Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh The West End Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh located at 47 Wabash Street in the West End neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, opened on January 31, 1899. It was added to the List of City of Pittsburgh historic designations on July 28, 2004....	Pittsburgh			—
30	Pittsburgh Wylie Avenue	Pittsburgh			—
31	Pottsville	Pottsville Pottsville, Pennsylvania Pottsville is the only city in and the county seat of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 15,549 at the 2000 census. The city lies along the west bank of the Schuylkill River, north-west of Philadelphia...			$45,000
32	Reading	Reading Reading, Pennsylvania Reading is a city in southeastern Pennsylvania, USA, and seat of Berks County. Reading is the principal city of the Greater Reading Area and had a population of 88,082 as of the 2010 census, making it the fifth most populated city in the state after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown and Erie,...			$111,180
33	Ridley Park	Ridley Park Ridley Park, Pennsylvania Ridley Park is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 7,196 at the 2000 census. Ridley Park is the home of Boeing Helicopters.-Native American:...			$10,000
34	Swissvale Boro	Swissvale Swissvale, Pennsylvania Swissvale is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, east of downtown Pittsburgh. Named for a farmstead owned by abolitionist and early feminist Jane Swisshelm, during the industrial age it was the site of the Union Switch and Signal Company of George Westinghouse. The population was 8,983 at...			$25,000

Academic libraries

	Institution	Locality	Image	Date granted	Grant amount	Location	Notes
1	Bucknell University Bucknell University Bucknell University is a private liberal arts university located alongside the West Branch Susquehanna River in the rolling countryside of Central Pennsylvania in the town of Lewisburg, 30 miles southeast of Williamsport and 60 miles north of Harrisburg. The university consists of the College of...	Lewisburg Lewisburg, Pennsylvania Lewisburg is a borough in Union County, Pennsylvania, United States, south by southeast of Williamsport and north of Harrisburg. In the past, it was the commercial center for a fertile grain and general farming region. The population was 5,620 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Union...			$30,000
2	College of Physicians	Philadelphia			$100,000	19 South 22nd Street (19103) 39.953333°N 75.176667°W
3	Grove City College Grove City College Grove City College is a Christian liberal arts college in Grove City, Pennsylvania, about north of Pittsburgh. According to the College Bulletin, its stated three-fold mission is to provide an excellent education at an affordable price in a thoroughly Christian environment...	Grove City Grove City, Pennsylvania Grove City is a borough in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, approximately north of Pittsburgh. It is the home of Grove City College, a private conservative Christian liberal arts college; General Electric; Instron; USIS; George G. Howe Co.; and a number of small businesses. It is also the home to...			$32,000
4	Institute for Colored Youth Cheyney University of Pennsylvania Cheyney University of Pennsylvania is a public, co-educational historically black university that is a part of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. Cheyney University has a campus that is located in the Cheyney community within Thornbury Township, Chester County and Thornbury...	Cheyney Cheyney, Pennsylvania Cheyney is an unincorporated community that sits astride Chester and Delaware Counties in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is the home of Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. The area and the University derive their name from George Cheyney's Farm which became the current campus of Cheyney...			$10,000
5	Juniata College Juniata College Juniata College is a private liberal arts college located in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. It is named after the Juniata River — one of the principal tributaries of the Susquehanna River. In 1876 it became the first college founded by the Church of the Brethren and has been co-educational since...	Huntingdon Huntingdon, Pennsylvania Huntingdon is a borough in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It is the county seat of Huntingdon County. It is located along the Juniata River, west of Harrisburg, about halfway between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, in an agricultural and fruit-growing region, with valuable forests and deposits of...			$28,000
6	Lebanon Valley College Lebanon Valley College Lebanon Valley College is a small, liberal arts higher education institution situated in the heart of Annville in Lebanon County, east of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.-History:...	Annville Annville, Pennsylvania Annville Township is a township and census-designated place in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,518 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Annville Township is located at ....			$20,000
7	Pennsylvania State College Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU, is a public research university with campuses and facilities throughout the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855, the university has a threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service...	State College State College, Pennsylvania State College is the largest borough in Centre County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is the principal city of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Centre County. As of the 2010 census, the borough population was 42,034, and roughly double...			$150,000
8	Perkiomen Seminary	Pennsburg Pennsburg, Pennsylvania Pennsburg is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,843 at the 2010 census.It is part of the Upper Perkiomen School District....			$6,000 $15,000
9	Swarthmore College Swarthmore College Swarthmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college in the United States with an enrollment of about 1,500 students. The college is located in the borough of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 11 miles southwest of Philadelphia....	Swarthmore Swarthmore, Pennsylvania Swarthmore is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. Swarthmore was originally named Westdale in honor of noted painter Benjamin West, who was one of the early residents of the town. The name was changed to Swarthmore after the establishment of Swarthmore College...			$50,000