New Castle, Pennsylvania, Public Library, 1960s

 

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Erie, Pennsylvania, Public Library, 1908

 

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Library, Titusville, Pennsylvania, 1909

 

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Library, Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1910

 

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Ephrata Public Library, Pennsylvania

 

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Young Memorial Library, Hanover, Pennsylvania, 1921

 

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Bosler Memorial Library, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1912

 

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Titusville, Pennsylvania, Benson Library, Interior, c1910

Titusville, Pennsylvania, Benson Library, Interior, c1910

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Carnegie Library, Oil City, Pennsylvania

On July 6, 1904, the Carnegie Library of Oil City opened its doors with 5,000 books that were donated by the Belles Lettres Club. Read more...

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1884 Oil City Pennsylvania Baseball Classic White Coffee Mug by worksburg
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Library Interior, Misericordia College, Dallas, Pennsylvania

[LIB11223] - Misericordia University is a Catholic, liberal arts-based, co-educational university. It was founded in 1924 as College Misericordia and it is sponsored by the Religious Sisters of Mercy.

Library, Clarion State College, Clarion, Pennsylvania

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Library Interior, Clarion State College, Clarion, Pennsylvania

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Library, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

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Barrett Friendly Library, Mountain Home, Pennsylvania

[LIB11198] - Completed 1914. The above excerpt is from Pennsylvania Library and Museum Notes, Volumes 1-8 (Google eBook).

1911, Carnegie Library, Grove City, Pennsylvania

[LIB11197] - Now the alumni center of Grove City College.

1911, Carnegie Library, Oil City, Pennsylvania

[LIB11186] - On July 6, 1904, the Carnegie Library of Oil City opened its doors with 5,000 books that were donated by the Belles Lettres Club.  [Website]

1905 De Peyster Library, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

[LIB11159] - The Watts-de Peyster Library, built in 1897, faced College Avenue.

1897-1898 - First College library building constructed in Richardsonian Romanesque style at a cost of $16,055 plus $990 for a steam heating plant and $5,150 for steel book stacks; Named Watts-de Peyster Library after Frederick de Peyster and John Watts, father and maternal grandfather of donor, John Watts de Peyster (1821-1907); Library collections were formerly housed in the Literary Society buildings and in the college library, ground floor/Old Main; M. (Michael) O'Connor of Hudson, NY., Architect; George H. Oster of Lancaster, Builder. Original cornerstone laid May 1897 is located in lobby along with busts of John Watts and John Watts de Peyster. A sculpture of the donor's ancestor Abraham de Peyster was located in front of the building along College Avenue. It was moved to its present location along Buchanan Avenue in 1937. The building has been demolished.

Carnegie Library, Hamburg, Pennsylvania

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On October 12, 1903, the blue marble cornerstone of the library was laid. The new library contained a Bible of Shakespearean works, a copy of the Pennsylvania School Laws, a list of the School Board and Library Commission members, and a dozen copies of the Items with articles about the library. [Website]

Albright Public Library, Scranton, Pennsylvania

[LIB11084] Paul C. Koeber Co. PCK Series 2617

1912 Library, Wyalusing, Pennsylvania

[LIB11063] - Wyalusing's public library was a gift to the community in 1902 from Francis R. Welles. Welles fervently believed in the value of education in improving the world. He felt that by making books accessible to people, he was lending a helping hand in their education. Welles stocked the Wyalusing Public Library with books from his personal collection to that end.

Albert Tipp, a Wilkes-Barre architect, designed the library. He made it as fireproof as current day building techniques would allow. The facade is brick and there is a cement liner between the roof and interior rooms. When an addition was built in 1991, the original tiled fireplaces and oak woodwork was kept intact.
(Information courtesy of the Rocket-Courier.) [Website]