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300 Beechwood Avenue
Carnegie, PA 15106
412-276-3456
FAX: (412) 276-9472
A National Historic Landmark
© Copyright 2004-2009
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Bernadette E. Kazmarski
unless otherwise noted.
Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall
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Naming Opportunities
Make Your Family, Business or Organization's Name a Proud Part of Library & Music Hall Restoration
Honor a beloved relative or friend; add your family or business name to the rich and lasting legacy of the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall. Naming opportunities raise critical funding to complete the ACFL&MH restoration. The following list can still be customized.
Be a part of the legacy
of Great Performances
—and Great Comfort—for generations to come!
$500 puts your name on one of the beautiful new seats for the Music Hall—put together a family row! To view Music Hall seating chart click here.
| Contributor | Item | Description | Price |
| John Leone |
Main Reading Room |
a stately fireplace and Andrew Carnegie’s portrait set the tone |
$100,000 |
| Bayer |
Children’s Room: |
where love of reading takes root |
$100,000 |
| Wasyl A. Pysh |
Library Circulation Desk: |
serving library patrons since 1901 |
$50,000 |
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Reference Room: |
periodicals, journals, newspapers, atlases, etc. |
$50,000 |
| In Memory of John & Rose Leone |
Library Foyer: |
welcoming first impression sets the tone |
$50,000 |
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Library Multi-purpose Room: |
graced with three signature windows, this space off the Children’s Room will accommodate a wide variety of small group programming |
$40,000 |
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Library Grand Stairway: |
a testament to bygone graciousness and style |
$15,000 |
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Fireplace Reading Area: |
a comfortable living room for reading the newspaper or latest bestseller |
$20,000 |
| In Honor of Betsy Bell Martin |
Library Exterior Doors: |
opening minds to the world and beyond |
$5,000 |
| Chris W. Brussalis | Library Lobby Door: | let there be light! newly accessible glass-paneled door offers sight lines back to the fire place | $5,000 |
| Stained Glass Skylight | Golden hues framed in handsome oak create a focal point between Children's Roon and Circulation Desk | $5,000 | |
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Arched Library Windows (5 remaining): |
signature arched windows are the ACFL&MH’s defining architectural feature |
$1,500 ea. |
| Rectangular Library Windows (7 remaining): | tall oak windows account for the Library's wonderful natural lighting | $1,000 ea. | |
| Children's Room Windows (11 remaining): | three sides of the Children's Room are framed with appropriately scaled oak windows. | $500 ea. | |
Christopher & Kathleen Green |
Library Tables (4 remaining): |
lovely oak tables, critical contributors to the Library’s historic character |
$1,000 ea. |
| In Memory of Edgio & Ruth Peluso | Library Tables (4 remaining): | lovely oak tables, critical contributors to the Library’s historic character | $1,000 ea. |
In Memory of Tom Rutkauskas |
Library Tables (4 remaining): | lovely oak tables, critical contributors to the Library’s historic character | $1,000 ea. |
| In Memory of George Watkinson | Library Tables (4 remaining): | lovely oak tables, critical contributors to the Library’s historic character | $1,000 ea. |
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Oak Bookshelves (c. 500): |
a shelf for each family on the Library’s stately 7-foot oak bookcases |
$100 ea. |
| In Memory of Chester Brown, Curtis Brown & Joseph Niccolai | Civil War Room: | a true national treasure: the Capt. Thomas Espy Post of the Grand Army of the Republic No. 153 is one of the seven or eight most intact G.A.R. Posts in the country | $100,000 |
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Music Hall: |
an classically elegant, acoustically excellent c. 500-seat theater, a true regional asset |
$750,000 |
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Music Hall Foyer: |
a grand, two-story space with beautifully restored egg and dart molding and new indirect cove lighting for theater audiences to gather, or small receptions |
$150,000 |
| Music Hall Grand Stairway | sweeping ceremonial, double switchback stairway, with rich embellishments are the architectural centerpiece of the Music Hall Foyer | $20,000 | |
Box Office: |
the welcoming hub of all Front of House activities |
$10,000 |
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| Music Hall Exterior Doors: | new glass panels in this triple set of doors create a grand and welcoming entrance | $10,000 | |
| Music Hall Vestibule | Painstakingly restored plaster reveals handsome vaulted ceilingsusic Hall in this unexpectedly lovely space | $10,000 | |
| Dana & Susan Craig | Music Hall Vestibule Doors: | the original swing doors refurbished with glass panels enhance the lightness of the lobby | $10,000 |
| Chris W. Brussalis |
Music Hall Auditorium Doors: |
the entrance to magical nights of theater, opera, music and more |
$10,000 |
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Green Room: |
an essential component of any performing arts center |
$5,000 |
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Nick & Lorraine Laux |
Men's Dressing Rooms: |
where acts of transformation begin: none more dramatic the the restoration of this basesment space! |
$5,000 |
| Nick & Lorraine Laux | Women's Dressing Rooms: | where acts of transformation begin: none more dramatic the the restoration of this basesment space! | $5,000 |
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Back Stage Utility Room: |
behind the scenes support for the performing arts |
$3,000 |
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Music Hall Seats (c.170 still available): |
comfort and character -- the foundation of the performing arts experience |
$500 ea. |
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Reception Hall: |
a gracious room serving as the centerpiece of Library, Music Hall and community programming |
$250,000 |
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Studio: |
the gym where earlier generations played basketball transformed into a multi-purpose venue for classes, rehearsals and public programming |
$100,000 |
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Great Lawn Landscaping: |
a park-like setting overlooking Carnegie |
$100,000 |
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Dr. & Mrs. Michael Kutsenkow |
Classrooms (2): |
to support library, performing arts and community programming |
$10,000 ea. |
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Kitchen: |
in support of myriad multi-faceted cultural center activities |
$7,500 |