Carnegie Library Cards

We decided to take advantage of our tax dollars at work and get library passes to the Carnegie Library system of Pittsburgh. The main building in the library system is in Oakland, and opened in 1895. It is 3 stories and was where we went to get our passes. It also has a Crazy Mocha coffee shop inside.

Carnegie libraries were built with money donated by Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. More than 2,500 Carnegie libraries were built, including those belonging to public and university library systems. Carnegie earned the nickname Patron Saint of Libraries.