Andrew Carnegie spent the last 20 years of his life as a philanthropist. He gave away over $350 million ($4.8 billion today) of the fortune he amassed. Here are some of the libraries built in North America with his money.
1. Macomb, Illinois Library courtesy upload.wikimedia.org.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/BCL_1024x768.jpg)
2. Carnegie Free Library in Braddock, Pennsylvania was the first such library in the United States courtesy upload.wikimedia.org.
![File:Houston Carnegie Library 1904.jpg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Houston_Carnegie_Library_1904.jpg/753px-Houston_Carnegie_Library_1904.jpg)
3. Carnegie Library, Houston Texas circa 1904 courtesy en.wikipedia.org.
![File:Carnegie Library, San Antonio, Texas.jpg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Carnegie_Library%2C_San_Antonio%2C_Texas.jpg)
4. San Antonio, Texas Carnegie Library courtesy en.wikipedia.org.
![File:IronMountainCarnegieLibraryFront.jpg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/IronMountainCarnegieLibraryFront.jpg/800px-IronMountainCarnegieLibraryFront.jpg)
5. Iron Mountain Michigan courtesy en.wikipedia.org.
![File:Yorkville Library.jpg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/Yorkville_Library.jpg/800px-Yorkville_Library.jpg)
6. Yorkville Library, Toronto, Ontario courtesy en.wikipedia.org.
![Historic Image of the Carnegie Library](http://www.historicplaces.ca/hpimages/Thumbnails/39319_Large.jpg)
7. Brantford, Ontario Library courtesy www.historicplaces.ca.
![](http://www.mtc.gov.on.ca/en/images/Carnegie_lilbraries/hamilton.jpg)
8. Hamilton, Ontario Library courtesy www.mtc.gov.on.ca.
![](http://www.uoguelph.ca/~lbruce/photos/pictures/chatham.jpg)
9. Chatham, Ontario Library, first Carnegie Library in Canada, courtesy www.uoguelph.ca.
![Tower, Goderich Public Library, 2007](http://www.historicplaces.ca/hpimages/Thumbnails/59045_Large.jpg)
10. Goderich, Ontario Library courtesy www.historicplaces.ca.
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