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The following list of Carnegie libraries in Philadelphia provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Philadelphia, where 25 libraries were built from 1 grant (totaling $1,500,000) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York on January 5, 1903. [1]
Building still operating as a library
Building standing, but now serving another purpose
Building no longer standing
Building contributes to a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places
| Library | Image | Location | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chestnut Hill |  | 8711 Germantown Avenue (19118) 40°04′38″N75°12′32″W / 40.077255°N 75.208755°W | |
| 2 | Cobbs Creek |  | 5800 Cobbs Creek Parkway, (19143) 39°56′45″N75°14′29″W / 39.94572°N 75.241500°W | |
| 3 | Falls of Schuylkill |  | 3501 Midvale Avenue (19129) | |
| 4 | Frankford | 4634 Frankford Avenue (19124) | Replaced by modern building [2] | |
| 5 | Germantown |  | 5818 Germantown Avenue (19144) 40°02′14″N75°10′34″W / 40.037324°N 75.176045°W | Senior citizens center [3] |
| 6 | Greenwich | Original razed [3] | ||
| 7 | Haddington |  | 446 North 65th Street (19151) 39°58′12″N75°14′58″W / 39.970048°N 75.249346°W | |
| 8 | Kingsessing |  | 1201 South 51st Street (19143) 39°56′33″N75°13′09″W / 39.942406°N 75.219037°W | |
| 9 | Lehigh |  | 601 West Lehigh Avenue (19133) 39°59′32″N75°08′32″W / 39.992343°N 75.142173°W [4] | Renamed Lillian Marerro Branch ca. 2005 [5] |
| 10 | Logan |  | 1333 Wagner Avenue (19141), 40°01′53″N75°08′43″W / 40.031457°N 75.145342°W | |
| 11 | Manayunk | Fleming and Dupont Streets (19128) 40°01′52″N75°13′20″W / 40.031107°N 75.222124°W | Now an apartment building [6] | |
| 12 | McPherson Square |  | 601 East Indiana Avenue (19134) 39°59′41″N75°07′08″W / 39.994808°N 75.11878°W | |
| 13 | Nicetown | 1715 Hunting Park Avenue (19124) [7] | Replaced by modern building in 1961, at 3720 Broad Street 19140 [8] | |
| 14 | Oak Lane |  | 6614 North 12th Street (19126) 40°03′12″N75°08′16″W / 40.053362°N 75.137714°W | Land gift of citizens of Oak Lane and Vicinity [9] |
| 15 | Paschalville |  | 6942 Woodland Avenue (19142) 39°55′13″N75°14′27″W / 39.920410°N 75.24089°W | Faces South 70th Street |
| 16 | Passyunk |  | 1935 Shunk Street (19145) 39°55′11″N75°10′49″W / 39.919622°N 75.1802°W | Opened 1914, Renamed 2004: Thomas F. Donatucci Sr. Branch [10] |
| 17 | Richmond |  | 2987 Almond Street (19134) 39°58′59″N75°06′31″W / 39.982963°N 75.108653°W | |
| 18 | South Philadelphia | 2407 S Broad Street | ||
| 19 | Southwark | 1108 South 5th Street | Now houses Philadelphia Overseas Chinese Association | |
| 20 | Spring Garden | 1700 Spring Garden Street | Razed [3] | |
| 21 | Tacony |  | 6742 Torresdale Avenue (19135) 40°01′31″N75°02′43″W / 40.025356°N 75.0452300°W | Land gift of Jacob S. Disston, Esq. 1906 [11] |
| 22 | Thomas Holme |  | 7810 Frankford Avenue (19136) 40°02′25″N75°01′52″W / 40.040293°N 75.031184°W | Holmesburg Library Land gift of Lower Dublin Academy [12] |
| 23 | Walnut Street |  | 140 South 40th Street (19104) 39°57′15″N75°12′09″W / 39.954112°N 75.202589°W | West Philadelphia Branch |
| 24 | Wissahickon | Manayunk Avenue and Osbourne Street | Razed [3] | |
| 25 | Wyoming |  | 231 East Wyoming Avenue (19120) 40°01′16″N75°07′17″W / 40.021191°N 75.121402°W | Opened October 30, 1930, it was the last library funded by Carnegie. [13] |
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West Kensington is a neighborhood in the North Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is north of Olde Kensington. The Market Frankford El above Front Street forms the line between West Kensington and Kensington. Its bordering neighborhoods are Kensington to the east, Hartranft to the west, and Olde Kensington to the south. It is bounded by Front Street to the east, 6th Street to the west, Cecil B. Moore Avenue to the South and Lehigh Avenue to the north. It falls into the 19122 and 19133 ZIP Codes.
East Falls is a neighborhood in Lower Northwest, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It lies on the east bank of the "Falls of the Schuylkill," cataracts submerged in 1822 by the Schuylkill Canal and Fairmount Water Works projects. East Falls sits next to the Germantown, Roxborough, Allegheny West, and the Nicetown-Tioga neighborhoods. Wissahickon Valley Park separates it from Manayunk, Philadelphia.
Wayne Junction station is a SEPTA Regional Rail junction station located at 4481 Wayne Avenue, extending along Windrim Avenue to Germantown Avenue. The station is located in the Nicetown neighborhood of Philadelphia. Wayne Junction serves as a multi-modal transfer point between six of SEPTA's regional rail lines as well as three major transit routes – the Route 75 Trackless Trolley and the Route 23 and 53 bus lines. The station served more than 321,000 riders annually in 2018.
Logan is a neighborhood in the upper North Philadelphia section of the city of Philadelphia, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The majority of the neighborhood falls within the 19141 zip code, but some of it falls within 19140. The neighborhood is sometimes confused with the Olney neighborhood of Philadelphia. Olney Avenue extends from both the Olney and Logan neighborhoods of the city. The Olney Transportation Center is located in Logan.
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Hartranft is a neighborhood in the central part of North Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Fairhill is a neighborhood on the east side of the North Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Fairhill is bordered by Front Street to the east, Germantown Avenue to the west, Allegheny Avenue to the north, and Cumberland Street to the south. The neighborhood serves as the center of the Hispanic community of Philadelphia, and is known for its "El Centro de Oro" commercial strip along North 5th Street. Fairhill is adjacent to Harrowgate and West Kensington to the east, Hartranft to the south, Glenwood to the west, and Hunting Park to the north.
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The Hatfield House is an historic house which is located in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Germantown Pike is a historic road in Pennsylvania that opened in 1687, running from Philadelphia northwest to Collegeville. The road is particularly notable for the "imposing mansions" that existed in the Germantown neighborhood in Philadelphia. The road was left in ruins after the British destroyed it in the Revolutionary War during the 1777 Battle of Germantown, and was not rebuilt until 1809. Portions of Germantown Pike were signed as U.S. Route 422 (US 422) before the latter was rerouted along a freeway alignment to King of Prussia.
Germantown:Original now a senior citizens center Greenwich Branch (Original razed) Ritner's Children's (No longer in existence) Spring Garden Branch (Razed) Wissahickon Branch (Razed)
Lillian Marerro Branch, 601 West Lehigh Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19133-2228
On June 29, 1917, a new library funded by Andrew Carnegie was opened at 1715 Hunting Park Avenue, near Wayne Avenue. The 12th library in the Free Library system, it kept the name 'Nicetown.'
The present library, now named for both communities, opened in a remodeled Linton's restaurant on April 16, 1961. It was located at the intersection of Broad Street, Erie and Germantown Avenues – now a transportation hub with a Broad Street subway station.
{{cite sign}}: CS1 maint: location (link)Thomas F. Donatucci, Sr.: The Donatucci Branch (known as the Passyunk Branch until 2004) has been a vibrant and evolving institution since 1914.
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{{cite sign}}: CS1 maint: location (link)Note: The above references, while all authoritative, are not entirely mutually consistent. Some details of this list may have been drawn from one of the references without support from the others. Reader discretion is advised.
