Carnegie Free Library of Beaver Falls, Beaver Falls

Name: Carnegie Free Library of Beaver Falls
Address: 1301 7th Ave, Beaver Falls, United States

#2 among attractions in Beaver Falls

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The Carnegie Free Library of Beaver Falls is a historic Carnegie library in the city of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, United States. Erected as Beaver County's first library building, it was financed by Andrew Carnegie and designed by a leading Pittsburgh architect in grand architectural style that helped to redefine the image of the typical Carnegie library. Numerous community organizations have used its space, which remains in continued use as a library, and it has been named a historic site. ()

Built: 1899 (126 years ago)Architectural style: NeoclassicismCoordinates: 40°45'15"N, 80°19'11"W

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1301 7th AveBeaver Falls (Downtown Beaver Falls)Beaver Falls United States

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Carnegie Free Library of Beaver Falls – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Fallston Bridge, Monaca–East Rochester Bridge, Merrick Art Gallery, Eastvale Bridge.

1.9 miS
Bridge
Fallston Bridge, New Brighton
49 min walk • The Fallston Bridge is a historic structure that crosses the Beaver River between the boroughs of New Brighton, and Fallston, Pennsylvania. The bridge was opened in 1884 to replace a tolled, wooden 1836 structure that was destroyed during a major flood.
5.1 miSE
Bridge
Monaca–East Rochester Bridge, Monaca
129 min walk • The Monaca–East Rochester Bridge is a steel through continuous truss bridge which crosses the Ohio River between Monaca, Pennsylvania and East Rochester, Pennsylvania. It opened in 1959 and was tolled until 1973.
1.6 miS
Art gallery, Museum, Shopping
Merrick Art Gallery, New Brighton
40 min walk • The Merrick Art Gallery is an early private art museum in western Pennsylvania, founded by industrialist Edward Dempster Merrick in 1880 in the old New Brighton, Pennsylvania railroad station.
0.8 miN
Bridge
Eastvale Bridge, Beaver Falls
22 min walk • The Eastvale Bridge is a bridge that carries PA Route 588 over the Beaver River between the borough of Eastvale, and the city of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. The bridge opened in Beaver County on November 22, 1963, the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. The bridge was named in his honor.
4.4 miS
Library
Beaver Area Memorial Library, Beaver
112 min walk • The Beaver Area Memorial Library is part of the Beaver County Library System in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. It is located on College Avenue in Beaver, Pennsylvania.
4 miNW
40°46'39"N • 80°23'21"W
Air Heritage Museum, Beaver Falls
102 min walk • History museum, Science museum, Museum
1 miS
Bridge
Beaver River Railroad Bridge, New Brighton
26 min walk • The Beaver River Railroad Bridge crosses the Beaver River in New Brighton, Pennsylvania, carrying the tracks of the Fort Wayne Line. It was built in 1926, to a design by J.F.
1.5 miS
40°43'58"N • 80°18'42"W
New Brighton Public Library, New Brighton
40 min walk • Library
1.1 miN
Football, Sport venue, Sport
Reeves Field, Beaver Falls
29 min walk • Reeves Field, also known as Reeves Stadium is a football stadium located on the campus of Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, United States. It was named in honor of local banker John T. Reeves, whose heirs donated land for the complex. Constructed in 1925, Reeves Field is one of the oldest sports venues in Pennsylvania.