Competition design, Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh, Pa. [graphic] / Benjamin Linfoot, architect, 719 Walnut St., Philadelphia.

Format:

Image

Author/Creator:

Linfoot, Benjamin, 1840-1912.

Contributor:

Visual Materials Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Libraries--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.

museums (buildings).

Organs.

powerhouses.

Forbes St. & Bellefield St. (Pittsburgh, Pa.).

Carnegie Library (Pittsburgh, Pa.)--Competition drawings--1891.

Local Subjects:

Forbes St. & Bellefield St. (Pittsburgh, Pa.).

Carnegie Library (Pittsburgh, Pa.)--Competition drawings--1891.

Physical Description:

17 drawings : ink on paper ; 67 x 79 cm. overall or smaller + 1 Ms.

Contained In:

Architectural drawings collection of Benjamin, Benjamin Edis and Benjamin S. Linfoot.

Place of Publication:

Oct 29, 1891.

Notes:

Accompanied by specification document: "Description of a design for the Carnegie gift of a library and other buildings to the City of Pittsburgh, submitted in competition by Benjamin Linfoot, architect, 719 Walnut Street, Philadelphia."

Drawings have "46" in red pencil, top left corner.

Forms part of: Architectural drawings collection of Benjamin, Benjamin Edis and Benjamin S. Linfoot.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Gift of Benjamin S. Linfoot and family,

Cited in:

Laverty, v.1, p.103, LIN*022/017