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, Carnegie Legacy 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
This building faces onto the central courtyard.
This plaque shows children’s toys: marbles; a hoop and stick; a wooden top with whip (photo at Black Country history). We aren't aware of...
We would not normally have collected this, since it is really just a (not very interesting) foundation stone, but we were pleased to have...
By sheer chance we discovered and photographed this plaque on 4 May 2022, the day after it was unveiled.
The plaque has the name as "Spier and Pond" but this should read "Spiers and Pond".
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