The Andrew Carnegie Mansion is a historic house located at 2 East 91st Street at Fifth Avenue in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City, New York. Andrew Carnegie moved into his newly completed mansion in late 1902 and lived there until his death in 1919; his wife, Louise, continued to live there until her death in 1946.
The building is now the Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, part of the Smithsonian Institution. The surrounding area, part of the larger Upper East Side neighborhood, has come to be called Carnegie Hill. The mansion was named a National Historic Landmark in 1966.
Andrew Carnegie is best known for his transformation of the American steel industry as the founder of the Carnegie Steel Company and for his extensive philanthropy, which included funding thousands of public libraries and establishing institutions like Carnegie Mellon University and the Carnegie Corporation of New York. He articulated his philanthropic philosophy in "The Gospel of Wealth," arguing that the rich have a moral duty to distribute their wealth for the public good.
Andrew Carnegie adhered to "The Gospel of Wealth," arguing that the rich have a moral duty to distribute their wealth for the public good. Too bad to acquire that wealth he took advantage of the immigrant coal miners and steel workers of Pittsburgh and the area surrounding SW PA. He and the other robber barons tried to buy their way into heaven and America's good graces with their "philanthropies".
ReplyDeleteWhy are you against a wealthy man providing jobs and opertunity to the poor?
DeleteAs a kid in the 50s I had a Carnegie library. That man had more impact on more people than can be measured.
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