Erection date: 1905
This building was the gift of Andrew Carnegie, AD 1905.
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.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Carnegie - Hammersmith
Industrialist, business magnate, and philanthropist. Born Dunfermline, Scotla...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Carnegie - Hammersmith
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