Politics & Government
The Los Gatos Library in 1903
For more than 50 years, this building served as the town's library. It was built with a $10,000 grant from Andrew Carnegie.
The Los Gatos Carnegie Library existed from 1903-1954. Andrew Carnegie (1835 - 1919), a Scottish immigrant who made a fortune in steel, endowed more than 1,600 public libraries in the United States, believing them to be "ladders upon which the aspiring can rise." His gift to Los Gatos was $10,000, which built this library.
Source: Hooked on Los Gatos, the Library and Museum History Project
Provided by Los Gatos librarian Henry Bankhead
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