List of Carnegie libraries in Kansas
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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". 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).
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Public libraries
| Library | City or town |
Image | Date granted[1] |
Grant amount[1][2] |
Location | Notes | |
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| 1 | Abilene | Abilene | Template:Dts | $12,500 | 209 NW 4th St. | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 2 | Anthony | Anthony | Template:Dts | $10,000 | 104 N. Springfield Ave. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
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| style="background:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 3 | Arkansas City | Arkansas City | Template:Dts | $18,400 | 215 W. 5th Ave. | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 4 | Burlington | Burlington | File:Carnegie Free Library, Burlington, Kansas (corner view).jpg | Template:Dts | $9,656 | 201 N. 3rd St. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
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| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 5 | Caldwell | Caldwell | File:Caldwell KS Carnegie Library.jpg | Template:Dts | $7,000 | 13 N. Osage St. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
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| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 6 | Canton | Canton | Public Library of Canton, KS funded by Andrew Carnegie | Template:Dts | $6,000 | 300 N. Main St. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Built in 1921, the last-built Carnegie library in the United States. Continues to be used as a public library. (2013) |
| 7 | Chanute | Chanute | Template:Dts | $14,500 | 102 S. Lincoln Ave. | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 8 | Cherryvale | Cherryvale | File:Cherryvale, KS public library funded by Andrew Carnegie.jpg | Template:Dts | $10,000 | 329 E. Main St. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Continues to be used as a public library. (2013) |
| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 9 | Clay Center | Clay Center | File:Clay Center Carnegie Library.jpg | Template:Dts | $10,000 | 706 6th St. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
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| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 10 | Coffeyville | Coffeyville | File:Coffeyville, KS public library building funded by Andrew Carnegie.jpg | Template:Dts | $25,000 | 415 W. 8th St. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
No longer a public library. (2013) |
| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 11 | Columbus | Columbus | File:Columbus, KS public library funded by Andrew Carnegie..jpg | Template:Dts | $10,000 | 205 N. Kansas Ave. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Continues to be used as a public library. (2013) |
| 12 | Concordia | Concordia | File:ConcordiaCarnegieLibrary2007.jpg | Template:Dts | $10,000 | 635 Broadway | Replaced by Frank Carlson Library, building is used for Cloud County Historical Museum |
| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 13 | Council Grove | Council Grove | File:Carnegie Library Council Grove, Kansas.jpg | Template:Dts | $10,000 | 303 W. Main St. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Currently is the Morris County Historical Society |
| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 14 | Dodge City | Dodge City | File:Dodge City Carnegie Art Center from SE 3.JPG | Template:Dts | $8,500 | 701 N. 2nd Ave. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Currently is the Carnegie Art Center |
| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 15 | Downs | Downs | File:Downs, Kansas Carnegie library from E 1.JPG | Template:Dts | $6,140 | 504 S. Morgan Ave. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
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| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 16 | El Dorado | El Dorado | File:El Dorado, KS public library building funded by Andrew Carnegie.jpg | Template:Dts | $10,000 | 101 S. Star St. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
No longer used as a public library building. (2013) |
| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 17 | Emporia | Emporia | File:Old Emporia Public Library Kansas front view.jpg | Template:Dts | $22,000 | 118 E. 6th St. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
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| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 18 | Eureka | Eureka | File:Eureka Carnegie Library 88001170 Greenwood County, KS.jpg | Template:Dts | $9,000 | 520 N. Main St. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
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| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 19 | Fort Scott | Fort Scott | File:Ft. Scott, KS public library funded by Andrew Carnegie.jpg | Template:Dts | $18,000 | 201 S. National Ave. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Continues to be used as a public library. (2013) |
| 20 | Garden City | Garden City | Template:Dts | $10,000 | 702 N. Main St. | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 21 | Girard | Girard | File:Girard, KS public library funded by Andrew Carnegie..jpg | Template:Dts | $9,000 | 128 W. Prairie St. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Continues to be used as a public library. (2013) |
| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 22 | Goodland | Goodland | File:Goodland, Kansas Carnegie library from S 1.JPG | Template:Dts | $10,000 | 120 W. 12th St. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
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| 23 | Great Bend | Great Bend | Template:Dts | $12,500 | |||
| 24 | Halstead | Halstead | Template:Dts | $7,500 | |||
| 25 | Hays | Hays | Template:Dts | $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] | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 26 | Herington | Herington | File:Herington Carnegie Public Library (Kansas) southwest view.jpg | Template:Dts | $10,000 | 102 S. Broadway Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
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| 27 | Hiawatha | Hiawatha | Template:Dts | $10,000 | 431 Oregon St. | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 28 | Hutchinson | Hutchinson | File:September 2013 117 8 9 tonemapped.jpg | Template:Dts | $32,000 | 427 N. Main St. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
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| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 29 | Independence | Independence | File:Independence, KS public library funded by Andrew Carnegie.jpg | Template:Dts | $22,500 | 220 E. Maple St. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Continues to be used as a public library. (2013) |
| 30 | Iola | Iola | Template:Dts | $15,000 | |||
| 31 | Kansas City Main | Kansas City | File:Kansas City, Kansas Public Library.jpg | Template:Dts | $100,000 | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 32 | Kansas City Argentine | Kansas City | File:Argentine Carnegie Library.jpg | Template:Dts | $25,000 | 2800 Metropolitan Ave. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
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| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 33 | Kingman | Kingman | File:Carnegie Library in Kingman Kansas.jpg | Template:Dts | $10,000 | 455 N. Main St. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
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| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 34 | Lawrence | Lawrence | File:Old Lawrence Library.JPG | Template:Dts | $27,500 | 200 W. 9th St. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
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| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 35 | Leavenworth | Leavenworth | File:Leavenworth Public Library, Leavenworth, KS 1.jpg | Template:Dts | $30,000 | 601 S. 5th St. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
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| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 36 | Lincoln | Lincoln | Lincoln, KS public library funded by Andrew Carnegie. | Template:Dts | $6,000 | 203 S. 3rd St. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Continues to be used as a public library. (2013) |
| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 37 | Lyndon | Lyndon | File:Carnegie Library, Lyndon, KS.jpg | Template:Dts | $8,000 | 127 E. 6th St. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
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| 38 | Lyons | Lyons | Template:Dts | $6,000 | 105 W. Lyon St. | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 39 | Manhattan | Manhattan | File:Manhattan Carnegie Library Building.jpg | Template:Dts | $10,000 | 105 Courthouse Plaza Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
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| 40 | McPherson | McPherson | Template:Dts | $12,500 | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 41 | Newton | Newton | File:NewtonKSLibrary.jpg | Template:Dts | $160,000 | 203 Main St. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Currently is the Harvey County Historical Museum |
| 42 | Olathe | Olathe | Template:Dts | $10,000 | |||
| 43 | Osawatomie | Osawatomie | Template:Dts | $7,500 | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 44 | Osborne | Osborne | File:Osborne, Kansas Carnegie library from NE 1.JPG | Template:Dts | $6,000 | 307 N. Main St. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
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| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 45 | Oswego | Oswego | File:Oswego, KS public library funded by Andrew Carnegie..jpg | Template:Dts | $5,000 | 701 4th St. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Continues to be used as a public library. (2013) |
| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 46 | Ottawa | Ottawa | File:Ottawa, KS former public library building funded by Andrew Carnegie..jpg | Template:Dts | $15,000 | 515 S. Main St. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
No longer used as a public library. (2013) |
| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 47 | Parsons | Parsons | File:Parsons, KS former public library building funded by Andrew Carnegie..jpg | Template:Dts | $22,500 | 117 S. 17th St. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
No longer used as a public library. (2013) |
| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 48 | Peabody | Peabody | File:Peabody Township Carnegie Library in Peabody, Kansas.jpg | Template:Dts | $10,000 | 214 N. Walnut St. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Continues to be used as a public library (as of 2022). Template:NRHP url |
| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 49 | Pittsburg | Pittsburg | File:LibCrop.jpg | Template:Dts | $40,000 | 308 N. Walnut St. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
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| 50 | Plainville | Plainville | Template:Dts | $5,000 | |||
| 51 | Russell | Russell | Template:Dts | $5,800 | |||
| 52 | Salina | Salina | Template:Dts | $15,000 | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 53 | Sterling | Sterling | Template:Dts | $10,000 | 138 N. Broadway Ave. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
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| 54 | Stockton | Stockton | Template:Dts | $5,000 | 124 N. Cedar St. | ||
| 55 | Washington | Washington | Template:Dts | $5,000 | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 56 | Wellington | Wellington | File:Wellington Public Library.jpg | Template:Dts | $17,500 | 121 W. 7th St. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
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| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 57 | Wichita | Wichita | File:Wichita City Carnegie Library Building.jpg | Template:Dts | $75,000 | 220 S. Main St. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
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] |
| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 58 | Winfield | Winfield | File:Winfield Public Carnegie Library.JPG | Template:Dts | $15,000 | 1001 Millington St. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
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| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 59 | Yates Center | Yates Center | File:Carnegie Library, Yates Center, KS.jpg | Template:Dts | $7,500 | 218 N. Main St. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
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Academic libraries
| Institution | Locality | Image | Year granted[5] |
Grant amount[5] |
Location | Notes | |
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| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 1 | Baker University | Baldwin City | File:Case Hall.JPG | Template:Dts | $37,000 | 604 8th St. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
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| 2 | Bethany College | Lindsborg | Template:Dts | $20,000 | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 3 | College of Emporia (defunct) |
Emporia | File:Anderson Carnegie Memorial Library Emporia Kansas front view.jpg | Template:Dts | $30,000 | 1300 W. 12th Ave. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
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 | Template:Dts | $40,000 | West of Fiske Hall Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
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 | Template:Dts | $13,500 | Library 1907–1972, now Beeghly Hall | ||
| 6 | Midland College | Atchison | Template:Dts | $15,000 | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Designation/color" align=center | 7 | Washburn College | Topeka | Template:Dts | $40,000 | 1675 SW 18th St. Script error: No such module "Coordinates". |
Notes
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- ↑ 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.
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References
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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
- Carnegie Legacy in Kansas by Allen Gardiner
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