At one point Beloit was the only city outside of New York that had not one Carnegie libraries, but two. Scottish immigrant Andrew Carnegie funded the construction of 1,681 free public libraries nationwide between 1886 and 1917.

At one point Beloit was the only city outside of New York that had not one Carnegie libraries, but two. Scottish immigrant Andrew Carnegie funded the construction of 1,681 free public libraries nationwide between 1886 and 1917.




