Biblioteca Carnegie
The Biblioteca Carnegie (or Carnegie Library) on Avenida Juan Ponce de León in Puerta de Tierra, San Juan, Puerto Rico is a NRHP-listed Carnegie library funded through a $100,000 donation from the Carnegie Foundation, becoming Puerto Rico's first purpose-built library when it was completed in 1915.
Biblioteca Carnegie | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| Location | Ponce de Leon Ave., Puerta de Tierra, Puerto Rico |
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| Coordinates | 18°28′6″N 66°6′34″W |
| Area | 1.1 acres (0.45 ha) |
| Built | 1915 |
| Architect | Henry D. Whitfield (Ramon Carbia, contractor) |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| Part of | Puerta de Tierra Historic District |
| NRHP reference No. | 83004196 |
| Added to NRHP | October 20, 1983 |
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