▁" C arp enter ▁Library " ▁because , ▁while ▁living ▁in ▁T roy , ▁New ▁York , ▁Car p enter ▁became ▁en am ored ▁with ▁the ▁Emma ▁Will ard ▁School , ▁a ▁T roy ▁female ▁sem inary ▁founded ▁by ▁Emma ▁Will ard . ▁He ▁decided ▁to ▁found ▁an ▁educational ▁institution ▁and ▁name ▁it ▁" Will ard ". ▁Although ▁initially ▁conce ived ▁as ▁a ▁college , ▁the ▁idea ▁was ▁ref oc used ▁to ▁construct ing ▁a ▁library . ▁ ▁The ▁library ▁building ▁was ▁started ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 6 ▁at ▁First ▁Avenue ▁and ▁Pennsylvania ▁Stre ets ▁in ▁Car p enter ' s ▁field , ▁a ▁place ▁where ▁circ uses ▁once ▁pitch ed ▁their ▁t ents . ▁A ▁de pressed ▁economy ▁halt ed ▁construction ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 7 . ▁The ▁building ' s ▁foundation ▁lay ▁for ▁five ▁years ▁un fin ished . ▁The ▁building ▁was ▁res umed ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 2 ▁and ▁Car p enter ▁devoted ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁his ▁life ▁to ▁the ▁super vision ▁of ▁the ▁building . ▁He ▁worked ▁with ▁the ▁architect s , ▁h ired ▁the ▁work men ▁himself , ▁and ▁saw ▁to ▁it ▁that ▁only ▁the ▁best ▁materials ▁were ▁used . ▁Re id ▁& ▁Re id ▁became ▁the ▁architect s ▁and ▁are ▁cred ited ▁with ▁the ▁design ▁of ▁the ▁super structure . ▁The ▁formal ▁opening ▁was ▁held ▁March ▁ 2 8 , ▁ 1 8 8 5 . ▁ ▁Architecture ▁ ▁The ▁library ▁is ▁built ▁with ▁the ▁characteristic ▁features ▁of ▁Victor ian ▁Goth ic ▁architecture .