The following list of Carnegie libraries in Kansas provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Kansas, where 59 public libraries were built from 58 grants (totaling $874,996) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1900 to 1916. In addition, academic libraries were built at 7 institutions (totaling $195,500).
Key
edit Building still operating as a library
Building standing, but now serving another purpose
Building no longer standing
Building listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Building contributes to a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places
Public libraries
edit| Library | City or town |
Image | Date granted[1] |
Grant amount[1][2] |
Location | Notes | |
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| 1 | Abilene | Abilene | Dec 8, 1905 | $12,500 | 209 NW 4th St. | ||
| 2 | Anthony | Anthony | Dec 14, 1908 | $10,000 | 104 N. Springfield Ave. 37°09′10″N 98°00′07″W / 37.15278°N 98.00194°W |
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| 3 | Arkansas City | Arkansas City | Apr 10, 1906 | $18,400 | 215 W. 5th Ave. | ||
| 4 | Burlington | Burlington | .jpg)
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Apr 25, 1911 | $9,656 | 201 N. 3rd St. 38°11′46″N 95°44′01″W / 38.19611°N 95.73361°W |
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| 5 | Caldwell | Caldwell | 
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Dec 2, 1909 | $7,000 | 13 N. Osage St. 37°01′58″N 97°36′34″W / 37.03278°N 97.60944°W |
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| 6 | Canton | Canton | 
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Nov 9, 1916 | $6,000 | 300 N. Main St. 38°23′17″N 97°25′35″W / 38.38806°N 97.42639°W |
Built in 1921, the last-built Carnegie library in the United States. Continues to be used as a public library. (2013) |
| 7 | Chanute | Chanute | Dec 30, 1904 | $14,500 | 102 S. Lincoln Ave. | ||
| 8 | Cherryvale | Cherryvale | 
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Apr 30, 1912 | $10,000 | 329 E. Main St. 37°16′01″N 95°32′55″W / 37.26694°N 95.54861°W |
Continues to be used as a public library. (2013) |
| 9 | Clay Center | Clay Center | 
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Dec 2, 1909 | $10,000 | 706 6th St. 39°22′36″N 97°07′26″W / 39.37667°N 97.12389°W |
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| 10 | Coffeyville | Coffeyville | 
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Jan 6, 1911 | $25,000 | 415 W. 8th St. 37°02′09″N 95°37′23″W / 37.03583°N 95.62306°W |
No longer a public library. (2013) |
| 11 | Columbus | Columbus | 
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Jul 13, 1912 | $10,000 | 205 N. Kansas Ave. 37°10′22″N 94°50′36″W / 37.17278°N 94.84333°W |
Continues to be used as a public library. (2013) |
| 12 | Concordia | Concordia | 
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Dec 13, 1907 | $10,000 | 635 Broadway | Replaced by Frank Carlson Library, building is used for Cloud County Historical Museum |
| 13 | Council Grove | Council Grove | 
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Mar 27, 1903 | $10,000 | 303 W. Main St. 38°39′35″N 96°29′37″W / 38.65972°N 96.49361°W |
Currently is the Morris County Historical Society |
| 14 | Dodge City | Dodge City | 
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Feb 1, 1905 | $8,500 | 701 N. 2nd Ave. 37°45′17″N 100°01′08″W / 37.75472°N 100.01889°W |
Currently is the Carnegie Art Center |
| 15 | Downs | Downs | 
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Jan 19, 1905 | $6,140 | 504 S. Morgan Ave. 39°30′14″N 98°32′40″W / 39.50389°N 98.54444°W |
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| 16 | El Dorado | El Dorado | 
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Nov 30, 1910 | $10,000 | 101 S. Star St. 37°49′00″N 96°51′17″W / 37.81667°N 96.85472°W |
No longer used as a public library building. (2013) |
| 17 | Emporia | Emporia | 
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Apr 26, 1902 | $22,000 | 118 E. 6th St. 38°24′19″N 96°10′40″W / 38.40528°N 96.17778°W |
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| 18 | Eureka | Eureka | 
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May 21, 1913 | $9,000 | 520 N. Main St. 37°49′29″N 96°17′23″W / 37.82472°N 96.28972°W |
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| 19 | Fort Scott | Fort Scott | 
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Mar 14, 1901 | $18,000 | 201 S. National Ave. 37°50′25″N 94°42′23″W / 37.84028°N 94.70639°W |
Continues to be used as a public library. (2013) |
| 20 | Garden City | Garden City | Apr 17, 1909 | $10,000 | 702 N. Main St. | ||
| 21 | Girard | Girard | 
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Nov 24, 1905 | $9,000 | 128 W. Prairie St. 37°30′37″N 94°50′42″W / 37.51028°N 94.84500°W |
Continues to be used as a public library. (2013) |
| 22 | Goodland | Goodland | 
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Dec 14, 1908 | $10,000 | 120 W. 12th St. 39°20′50″N 101°42′46″W / 39.34722°N 101.71278°W |
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| 23 | Great Bend | Great Bend | Nov 14, 1906 | $12,500 | |||
| 24 | Halstead | Halstead | Jan 23, 1909 | $7,500 | |||
| 25 | Hays | Hays | Apr 28, 1910 | $9,000 | By 1964, all space was crammed. The building was replaced on December 8, 1968, to allow to the growing collection. The current Hays Public Library, built in 2004, stands in the same location and the exterior is a replication of the original Carnegie Library.[3] | ||
| 26 | Herington | Herington | _southwest_view.jpg)
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Jul 9, 1913 | $10,000 | 102 S. Broadway 38°40′05″N 96°56′30″W / 38.66806°N 96.94167°W |
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| 27 | Hiawatha | Hiawatha | Apr 10, 1906 | $10,000 | 431 Oregon St. | ||
| 28 | Hutchinson | Hutchinson | 
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Apr 11, 1902 | $32,000 | 427 N. Main St. 38°03′35″N 97°55′51″W / 38.05972°N 97.93083°W |
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| 29 | Independence | Independence | 
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Nov 24, 1905 | $22,500 | 220 E. Maple St. 37°13′25″N 95°42′12″W / 37.22361°N 95.70333°W |
Continues to be used as a public library. (2013) |
| 30 | Iola | Iola | Dec 20, 1904 | $15,000 | |||
| 31 | Kansas City Main | Kansas City | 
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Jul 4, 1901 | $100,000 | ||
| 32 | Kansas City Argentine | Kansas City | 
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1914 | $25,000 | 2800 Metropolitan Ave. 39°04′27″N 94°39′39″W / 39.07417°N 94.66083°W |
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| 33 | Kingman | Kingman | 
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May 21, 1913 | $10,000 | 455 N. Main St. 37°38′45″N 98°06′47″W / 37.64583°N 98.11306°W |
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| 34 | Lawrence | Lawrence | 
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May 31, 1902 | $27,500 | 200 W. 9th St. 38°58′04″N 95°14′15″W / 38.96778°N 95.23750°W |
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| 35 | Leavenworth | Leavenworth | 
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Jan 16, 1900 | $30,000 | 601 S. 5th St. 39°18′48″N 94°54′55″W / 39.31333°N 94.91528°W |
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| 36 | Lincoln | Lincoln | 
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Mar 14, 1913 | $6,000 | 203 S. 3rd St. 39°02′21″N 98°08′41″W / 39.03917°N 98.14472°W |
Continues to be used as a public library. (2013) |
| 37 | Lyndon | Lyndon | 
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Dec 2, 1909 | $8,000 | 127 E. 6th St. 38°36′27″N 95°40′58″W / 38.60750°N 95.68278°W |
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| 38 | Lyons | Lyons | Jan 5, 1909 | $6,000 | 105 W. Lyon St. | ||
| 39 | Manhattan | Manhattan | 
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Jan 22, 1903 | $10,000 | 105 Courthouse Plaza 39°10′43″N 96°33′55″W / 39.17861°N 96.56528°W |
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| 40 | McPherson | McPherson | Mar 16, 1915 | $12,500 | |||
| 41 | Newton | Newton | 
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Mar 14, 1902 | $160,000 | 203 Main St. 38°02′39″N 97°20′42″W / 38.04417°N 97.34500°W |
Currently is the Harvey County Historical Museum |
| 42 | Olathe | Olathe | Dec 24, 1909 | $10,000 | |||
| 43 | Osawatomie | Osawatomie | Apr 16, 1910 | $7,500 | |||
| 44 | Osborne | Osborne | 
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Jan 27, 1912 | $6,000 | 307 N. Main St. 39°26′16″N 98°41′55″W / 39.43778°N 98.69861°W |
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| 45 | Oswego | Oswego | 
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Dec 2, 1909 | $5,000 | 701 4th St. 37°10′01″N 95°06′27″W / 37.16694°N 95.10750°W |
Continues to be used as a public library. (2013) |
| 46 | Ottawa | Ottawa | 
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Jan 9, 1902 | $15,000 | 515 S. Main St. 38°36′15″N 95°15′43″W / 38.60417°N 95.26194°W |
No longer used as a public library. (2013) |
| 47 | Parsons | Parsons | 
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Nov 14, 1907 | $22,500 | 117 S. 17th St. 37°20′23″N 95°15′39″W / 37.33972°N 95.26083°W |
No longer used as a public library. (2013) |
| 48 | Peabody | Peabody | 
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Mar 20, 1913 | $10,000 | 214 N. Walnut St. 38°10′02″N 97°06′24″W / 38.16722°N 97.10667°W |
Continues to be used as a public library (as of 2022). NRHP Application |
| 49 | Pittsburg | Pittsburg | 
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Jun 25, 1909 | $40,000 | 308 N. Walnut St. 37°24′40″N 94°42′26″W / 37.41111°N 94.70722°W |
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| 50 | Plainville | Plainville | Feb 20, 1911 | $5,000 | |||
| 51 | Russell | Russell | Jun 8, 1905 | $5,800 | |||
| 52 | Salina | Salina | Feb 15, 1902 | $15,000 | |||
| 53 | Sterling | Sterling | Nov 9, 1916 | $10,000 | 138 N. Broadway Ave. 38°12′38″N 98°12′25″W / 38.21056°N 98.20694°W |
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| 54 | Stockton | Stockton | Dec 24, 1909 | $5,000 | 124 N. Cedar St. | ||
| 55 | Washington | Washington | Apr 23, 1908 | $5,000 | |||
| 56 | Wellington | Wellington | 
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Apr 19, 1915 | $17,500 | 121 W. 7th St. 37°16′03″N 97°23′56″W / 37.26750°N 97.39889°W |
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| 57 | Wichita | Wichita | 
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Jul 13, 1912 | $75,000 | 220 S. Main St. 37°41′14″N 97°20′21″W / 37.68722°N 97.33917°W |
For half a century, the building was a library. It later became a municipal court building and then the Wichita Omnisphere and Science Center. As of 2015 it is the commercial bankers division of Fidelity Bank. It is not open to the public.[4] |
| 58 | Winfield | Winfield | 
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Feb 15, 1902 | $15,000 | 1001 Millington St. 37°14′19″N 96°59′47″W / 37.23861°N 96.99639°W |
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| 59 | Yates Center | Yates Center | 
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Jan 31, 1910 | $7,500 | 218 N. Main St. 37°53′00″N 95°43′54″W / 37.88333°N 95.73167°W |
Academic libraries
edit| Institution | Locality | Image | Year granted[5] |
Grant amount[5] |
Location | Notes | |
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| 1 | Baker University | Baldwin City | 
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Mar 12, 1906 | $37,000 | 604 8th St. 38°46′39″N 95°11′20″W / 38.77750°N 95.18889°W |
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| 2 | Bethany College | Lindsborg | Apr 4, 1905 | $20,000 | |||
| 3 | College of Emporia (defunct) |
Emporia | 
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Jan 3, 1900 | $30,000 | 1300 W. 12th Ave. 38°24′46″N 96°11′38″W / 38.41278°N 96.19389°W |
Andrew Carnegie provided funds to build this Anderson Memorial Library in memory of John Anderson, a former board of trustee of this college. When Anderson lived in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, he opened his book collection to working boys, including a young Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie publicly credited Anderson with instilling a love of books and self-education that later enabled Carnegie to build an empire and inspired him to establish an endowment to build libraries throughout the nation. This building was the first Carnegie grant in Kansas, though the Leavenworth library was the first dedicated in Kansas.[6][7] |
| 4 | Fairmount College (Wichita State University) |
Wichita | Feb 7, 1905 | $40,000 | West of Fiske Hall 37°43′01″N 97°17′48″W / 37.71705°N 97.29669°W |
Library 1909–1939, Art and Journalism 1939–1964, fire destroyed this building in 1964. Three columns from the former building currently sit next to a 17th street entrance at WSU. The Ulrich Museum of Art currently sits on the former site of this building.[8] | |
| 5 | McPherson College | McPherson | Apr 18, 1905 | $13,500 | Library 1907–1972, now Beeghly Hall | ||
| 6 | Midland College | Atchison | Feb 27, 1906 | $15,000 | |||
| 7 | Washburn College | Topeka | Mar 10, 1904 | $40,000 | 1675 SW 18th St. 39°02′08″N 95°42′03″W / 39.03556°N 95.70083°W |
Notes
edit- ^ a b At various times, Bobinski and Jones disagree on these numbers. In these cases, Jones' numbers have been used due to both a more recent publication date and a more detailed gazetteer of branch libraries, which are often where the discrepancies occur.
- ^ Grants for multiple libraries (Kansas City) are listed only by their total amount, not broken down for each branch.
- ^ "History". Hays Public Library. Archived from the original on September 21, 2018. Retrieved February 12, 2022.
- ^ Tanner, Beccy (April 27, 2015). "Centennial Celebrations Planned for Wichita's Carnegie Library (VIDEO)". The Wichita Eagle. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2022.
- ^ a b Miller, pp. 38–40
- ^ Gardiner, Allen. "Anderson Memorial Library". The Carnegie Legacy in Kansas. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ^ "An inside look at Anderson Memorial Library". Emporia Gazette. July 31, 2017. Archived from the original on December 21, 2020.
- ^ "A Fundamental Dream". Wichita State University Alumni Magazine. Spring 2007. Archived from the original on September 13, 2021.
References
edit- Anderson, Florence (1963). Carnegie Corporation Library Program 1911–1961. New York: Carnegie Corporation. OCLC 1282382.
- Bobinski, George S. (1969). Carnegie Libraries: Their History and Impact on American Public Library Development. Chicago: American Library Association. ISBN 0-8389-0022-4.
- Jones, Theodore (1997). Carnegie Libraries Across America. New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-14422-3.
- Miller, Durand R. (1943). Carnegie Grants for Library Buildings, 1890–1917. New York: Carnegie Corporation of New York. OCLC 2603611.
Note: The above references, while all authoritative, are not entirely mutually consistent. Some details of this list may have been drawn from one of the references (usually Jones) without support from the others. Reader discretion is advised.
External links
edit- Carnegie Legacy in Kansas by Allen Gardiner