The Library, Corporation Street, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales, UK
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Carnegie Library on Corporation Street in Aberystwyth. It was opened in 1905. It is an imposing building on the street.
Waymark Code: WMB4P7
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/05/2011
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The Carnegie Library on Corporation Street in Aberystwyth was opened in 1905
with a grant of £3000 from the Carnegie Foundation. It is an imposing building on the street. The interior shows a beautiful building with many features that look Victorian. The building is currently being relocated partly to the nearby Old Council Offices but this building will remain open as a Library as the local paper has stated recently.
A Public Library Sites Committee was formed and finally a site in Corporation Street was recommended. A competition was held with a prize of 30 guineas to see which architect would design the new library. Forty-eight plans were submitted and the winner was Walter Payton of Birmingham. David Davies, Llandinam, laid the foundation stone in July 1905 and on Friday, 20th April 1906 Mrs Vaughan Davies, wife of the local MP, formally opened the current library in Corporation Street.""
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