Llyfrgell Rydd Bangor, Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales - Carnegie Library Buildings on Waymarking.com

This is the Llyfrgell Rydd (Free Library) in the City of Bangor. The library was built in 1907 by the then Corporation of Bangor. A generous gift of £2,500 was made by Andrew Carnegie, which allowed the building to go ahead. There is a copper tablet in the library foyer commemorating the gift from Carnegie.

The Copper Tablet reads:


City of Bangor Llyfrgell Rydd 1907


This library has been erected by the corporation of Bangor for the free use of the inhabitants of the City.

Towards the cost of the building Andrew Carnegie Esquire Contributed the sum of £2,500 and the sum of £500 was allocated from Capt John Jones legacy.

The building was formally opened by the Rt. Hon. Lord Penrhyn on the 8th day of November 1907 and this tablet was unveiled on the same day by Alderman W P Matthews: Chairman of the Museum: Bye-Laws and General Purposes Committee.

Col H Y Platt C.B. (Mayor)

Address of Library Building: Bangor Library Ffordd Gwynedd Bangor, Gwynedd Wales LL57 1DT Current Use of Building: Library Year Built (optional): 1907 Website about building: Not listed

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