Carnegie Library
Gift From Andrew Carnegie Announced: March 19, 1905
Construction Began: Spring 1905
Building Opened: September 1907
Officially Inspected and Approved: September 25, 1907
Cost: $150,000 (gift of Andrew Carnegie)
Style: Renaissance
Architects: Professors Frederick W. Revels and Earl Hallenbeck
Materials: Granite base; gray brick and terra cotta
Notes:
In March 1905 Andrew Carnegie's secretary informed the Chancellor that Mr. Carnegie was willing to donate $150,000. for the erection of a university library provided the University raised an equal sum as an endowment for up-keep of the library. The University raised the required endowment in little over a month with the largest share being contributed by John D. Archbold. On September 11,1907 the transfer of the Von Ranke collection from the old library building marked the opening of the Carnegie Library which now had an endowment of $125,000. Dr. J. M. Reid, who had purchased the Von Ranke collection, had bequeathed $100,000 to the University upon his death in 1896; the sum was added to the $150,000 endowment given by Carnegie.
