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Plaque

Carnegie - Hammersmith

Erection date: 1905

Inscription

This building was the gift of Andrew Carnegie, AD 1905.

Site: Hammersmith Library (3 memorials)

W6, Shepherds Bush Road, Hammersmith Carnegie Library

Milton sitting on the left; Shakespeare on the right; Carnegie's cartouche is inside the porch, above the door.

Erected in 1905, confirms that, as for the Islington Library, the architect was Henry Hare and the sculptor was Schenck.

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Andrew Carnegie

Industrialist, business magnate, and philanthropist. Born Dunfermline, Scotla...

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