List of Carnegie libraries in Massachusetts

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The following list of Carnegie libraries in Massachusetts provides information on Carnegie public libraries in Massachusetts, where 43 of them were built from 1901 to 1917, funded by 35 grants totaling $1,137,500 and awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Massachusetts Carnegie libraries were also built at five academic institutions at a cost of $513,846.

Key

      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

Library City or
town		 Image Date
granted[1]		 Grant
amount[1][2]		 Location Notes
1 Ashland Ashland Ashland Public Library, April 2010, MA.jpg Feb 20, 1903 $10,000 66 Front St.
2 Athol Athol 100px Mar 14, 1902 $22,000 568 Main St.
3 Berkley Berkley 100px Feb 6, 1915 $5,000 1 N. Main St.
4 Brockton Brockton 100px Apr 16, 1910 $110,000 304 Main St.
5 Chelsea Chelsea 100px Jul 20, 1908 $60,000 569 Broadway
6 Clinton Clinton 100px Mar 8, 1901 $25,000 54 Walnut St.
7 Dighton Dighton 100px Feb 15, 1905 $6,000 395 Main St.
8 Edgartown Edgartown 100px Apr 26, 1902 $4,000 58 N. Water St.
9 Granby Granby 100px Mar 31, 1916 $5,000 Library Ln.
10 Holliston Holliston 100px Jan 6, 1903 $10,000 752 Washington St.
11 Hudson Hudson Public Library, Hudson, MA.jpg Jan 6, 1903 $12,500 3 Washington St.
12 Lakeville Lakeville 100px Jul 13, 1912 $5,000 241 Main St.
13 Lee Lee 100px Nov 25, 1903 $12,000 100 Main St.
14 Leominster Leominster Leominster Public Library, Leominster MA.jpg Dec 24, 1906 $27,500 30 West St. Hartwell, Richardson & Driver, architects.
15 Lynn Haywood Lynn 100px Mar 16, 1915 $50,000 270 Broadway No longer a library.
16 Lynn Houghton Lynn 100px Mar 16, 1915 — 833 Western Ave. No longer a library.
17 Marlborough Marlborough Public Library, Marlborough, MA.jpg Apr 26, 1902 $30,000 35 W. Main St.
18 Melrose Melrose 100px Dec 30, 1901 $25,000 69 W. Emerson St.
19 Millbury Millbury 100px Mar 16, 1915 $12,500 128 Elm St.
20 Needham Needham Jan 13, 1903 $10,000 968 Highland Ave. Opened in 1904, replaced in 1914, old building demolished in the 1960s
21 New Marlborough New Marlborough Feb 3, 1917 $5,000 Burned down Jun 16, 1996
22 Reading Reading 100px Jan 2, 1902 $15,000 16 Lowell St. Now part of the town hall
23 Revere Revere 100px Oct 3, 1901 $20,000 179 Beach St.
24 Rockland Rockland Rockland Library.jpg Jan 13, 1903 $12,500 20 Belmont St.
25 Rockport Rockport 100px Jun 18, 1903 $10,000 18 Jewett St. Now a private residence
26 Saugus Saugus Nov 9, 1916 $17,000 Demolished in the 1990s
27 Sharon Sharon 100px Mar 14, 1913 $10,000 11 N. Main St.
28 Somerville Central Somerville Somerville library 1.jpg Apr 8, 1907 $123,000 79 Highland Ave.
29 Somerville East Somerville 100px Apr 8, 1907 — 115 Broadway
30 Somerville West Somerville SomervilleMA WestSomervilleBranchLibrary.jpg Apr 8, 1907 — 40 College Ave.
31 South Hadley South Hadley 100px Dec 8, 1905 $10,000 27 Bardwell St.
32 Springfield Central Springfield 100px Mar 30, 1905 $260,000 220 State St.
33 Springfield Forest Park Springfield 100px Mar 30, 1905 — 380 Belmont Ave.
34 Springfield Indian Orchard Springfield Indian Orchard Branch Library, Indian Orchard MA.jpg Mar 30, 1905 — 44 Oak St.
35 Springfield Memorial Square Springfield 100px Mar 30, 1905 — 22 St. George Rd.
36 Stoneham Stoneham StonehamMA PublicLibrary.jpg Jan 13, 1903 $15,000 431 Main St.
37 Taunton Taunton Taunton Public Library.jpg Apr 26, 1902 $70,000 12 Pleasant St.
38 Turners Falls Turners Falls 100px Mar 27, 1903 $13,500 201 Avenue A
39 Walpole Walpole 100px Jul 16, 1901 $15,000 65 Common St.
40 West Springfield West Springfield 100px Sep 20, 1915 $25,000 200 Park St.
41 Worcester Frances Perkins Worcester Greendale Branch Library Worcester MA.jpg Jul 1, 1910 $75,000 470 W. Boylston St. Greendale Branch Library
42 Worcester Quinsigamond Worcester Quinsigamond Branch Library.jpg Jul 1, 1910 — 812 Millbury St.
43 Worcester South Worcester Worcester South Worcester Branch Library.jpg Jul 1, 1910 — 705 Southbridge St.

Academic libraries

Institution Locality Image Year
granted[3]		 Grant
amount[3]		 Location Notes
1 Mount Holyoke College South Hadley 100px Dec 31, 1903 $50,000 Mount Holyoke College campus Williston Memorial Library
2 Radcliffe College Cambridge 100px Mar 31, 1905 $73,900 10 Garden Street/Radcliffe Quad Schlesinger Library
3 Smith College Northampton 100px Jul 13, 1905 $62,500 Smith College campus Neilson Library
4 Tufts College Medford 100px Dec 19, 1904 $100,000 Tufts University campus Eaton Hall (no longer functions as a library)
5 Wellesley College Wellesley 100px Mar 31, 1905
Jan 6, 1915		 $132,000
$95,446		 Wellesley College campus Margaret Clapp Library

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
  2. ↑ Grants for multiple libraries (Lynn, Somerville, Springfield, and Worcester) are listed only by their total amount, not broken down for each branch.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Miller, pp. 38–40

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 without support from the others. Reader discretion is advised.

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