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Johnstown Public Library, 304 Washington St Johnstown, Cambria County, PA
The library owes its original existence and reconstruction to the steel industry. In 1877, the Cambria Iron Company gave the Washington Street site to the Cambria Library Association, and two years later the original library was built. Greatly damaged in the 1889 flood, the library was rebuilt with an endowment from Andrew Carnegie; the Johnstown library was one of the steel magnate`s earliest American philanthropic endeavors.
Johnstown Public Library, 304 Washington St Johnstown, Cambria County, PA
The library owes its original existence and reconstruction to the steel industry. In 1877, the Cambria Iron Company gave the Washington Street site to the Cambria Library Association, and two years later the original library was built. Greatly damaged in the 1889 flood, the library was rebuilt with an endowment from Andrew Carnegie; the Johnstown library was one of the steel magnate`s earliest American philanthropic endeavors.
Posted Date
Sep 27, 2021
Source Name
Library of Congress
