member. A research library, archives, and underground storage stacks were constructed in the following decade at the southern rear of the mansion replacing the former carriage house. Legacy Famous Scottish-born steel industrialist, millionaire, and noted philanthropist Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) said that "Pratt was my guide and inspiration" remembering the time of several days that he spent in Baltimore at Pratt's house on West Monument Street, touring the new Free Library and conversing with Pratt and his employees and even the citizens/patrons about their mutual ideas during his visit in March 1890. References 1808 births 1896 deaths Philanthropists from Massachusetts American Unitarians Businesspeople from Baltimore People from Middleborough, Massachusetts 19th-century American philanthropists 19th-century American businesspeople Philanthropists from Maryland