Glasgow Govan
Elder Park Library
Address: 228a Langlands Road G51 3TZ
Booking: No booking required.
Opening times:
Saturday:
10 to 4pm
Architect: JJ Burnet (1903)
Information: Elder Park Library is the only surviving Glasgow branch library which pre-dates the Carnegie Libraries. Paradoxically it is also the only local suburban library which Andrew Carnegie is recorded as ever visiting. The renowned architect, John J. Burnet, deftly designed it to fit into its setting within Elder Park, which, along with the library, was donated to the burgh of Govan by Mrs Isabella Elder, the widow of John Elder. The library was opened on 5th September 1903 by Andrew Carnegie, who never visited any of the subsequent libraries he funded in the city, which would be opened by local dignitaries.
Steward on duty.Disabled access: Unassisted access.
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