Fenton Carnegie Library

It was built in 1906 with money from Andrew Carnegie, who had a programme for funding library construction in the United Kingdom and elsewhere.

A feature which is standard in Carnegie libraries is the raised entrance: the steps symbolise the reader's spiritual elevation.

The site was a gift from William Meath Baker, a local philanthropist, and a grant of £5,300 from Andrew Carnegie funded the building itself.

[2] In 1906, when the library opened, Fenton was administered as a separate town, although it was part of a conurbation.

It has been used for exhibitions on local history,[3] and there has even been discussion of finding funding to re-establish a library service.