Grade II listed central library and statue, Merthyr Tydfil
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Grade II listed central library and statue, Merthyr Tydfil
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 13 Jun 2012
The High Street library, now part of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council's library service, was built as a Carnegie library, with money donated by Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. More than 2,500 Carnegie libraries were built worldwide, including 660 in Britain and Ireland. The inscription on the plinth under the statue is Henry Seymour Berry, Baron Buckland of Bwlch Hon. Freeman of the Co. Borough of Merthyr Tydfil. Born 1877 Died 1928. Erected by Public Subscription. The library and statue are separately Grade II listed, both in January 1988.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.746399
Longitude
-3.378898