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New England Carnegies

A site that honors the libraries that Andrew Carnegie helped to fund

Mount Hope Temple

(former Dixwell Branch Library) New Haven, Connecticut

Designed by Norton and Townsend

Neo-Classical Revival Style

555 Dixwell Avenue , New Haven CT  06511

A Brief History of the Building

1913:  Andrew Carnegie gave $60,000 to New Haven to build three branch libraries.

1921:  The branch library was built and opened.

1968:  Library services moved to a new branch called the Stetson Branch, which opened at 200 Dixwell Avenue. That branch was additionally renovated in 1998.

This building now houses a worship center.

Information supplied by Kathie Hurley, Public Information Office, New Haven Free Public Library

2005 photos

This information has been compiled and posted by Corinne H. Smith.
It is now maintained by Jessamyn West and hosted by ibilio.
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