| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1881/11/25 | Andrew Carnegie | Benefactor | Andrew Carnegie offers Pittsburgh $250,000 for a free library, if the City would provide the land and $15,000 annually for maintenance, they could not accept the offer because the city was not allowed to use funds for a public library | |||
| 1887/00/00 | The General Assembly passes a new law, accepting Mr Carnegie's terms | |||||
| 1890/02/06 | Mr Carnegie offers $1 million for a larger building with reference and circulating libraries, art galleries and meeting rooms for learned societies, City had to appropriate $40,000 annually for maintenance of a free library system | |||||
| 1935/00/00 | Candido Portinari | Painter | Candido Portinari sends a canvas, "Coffee", to the international contest of the Carnegie Institute, in Pittsburgh, USA. Practically unknown outside his country, painting wins a Second Mention of Honor. | Coffee (Portinari painting) |
| Particulars for Carnegie Institute and Library: | |
|---|---|
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Area of Significance | Art |
| Architectural Style | Beaux Arts |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Area of Significance | Education |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Historic Use | Library |
| Area of Significance | Literature |
| Museum Type | Museum |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Area of Significance | Performing Arts |
| Criteria | Person |
| Owner | Private |
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