History Plaques of the Andrew Carnegie Free Library

Dedication by Andrew Carnegie

Building Cornerstone(stone engraving)

Note that building cornerstone includes a time capsule within.

Stone Engraving over Library Entrance

Stone Engraving over Music Hall Entrance

"HALL"

Engraving in Wood Paneling, over photograph of Andrew Carnegie,
over Library fireplace, Main Reading Room

Building Completion(1901)

"BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT COMPLETION OF BUILDING"
"-LIFE BOARD-"
"WILLIAM HILL" * "PRESIDENT,"
"JAMES D. GLOVER"**"JOHN A. BELL"
"OLIVER R. COOKE"**"J. CHARLES BEDELL"
"DR. ROBERT L. WALKER"**"DANIEL BODEN"
"GEORGE Z. HOSACK"**"ROBERT P. BURGAN"
"JOHN S. ROBB JR."
"-MUNICIPAL BOARD-"
"DR. EDWARD G. HUSLER, BURGESS"
"JOHN B. HANNA"**"W. GLENN BIGHAM"
"FRANK BRETTHOLLE"**"WILLIAM H. SHINN"
"THOMAS J. KEARNS"**"ROBERT BELL JR."
"STRUTHERS & HANNAH, ARCHITECTS."
"DUSHANE & LEWIS, BUILDERS."

Friends of the Library Plaque

"IN MEMORY OF
MRS. GEORGE Z. HOSACK
WHO FOUNDED
FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
IN OCTOBER 1949
TO SUSTAIN COMMUNITY INTEREST
IN THE
ANDREW CARNEGIE FREE LIBRARY
OF
CARNEGIE, PENNSYLVANIA"

Through the auspices of the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Historical and Museum Commission, the Andrew Carnegie Free Library, Allegheny County, has been entered in the National Register of Historic Places, under provisions of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966." Certificate signed by the "State Historic Preservation Officer" and the "Executive Director"(of National Register of Historic Places). "Date Entered": "October 8, 1981".

The certificate declaring this, which hangs prominently inside the Library entrance, states: "The National Register of Historic Places, kept by the United States Department of Interior, is the official list of the nation's cultural resources worthy of preservation and includes properties significant in Architecture, American History, Archeology, Culture, and those embodying the precious heritage of the United States of America."