List of Carnegie libraries in Florida

The following list of Carnegie libraries in Florida provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Florida, where 10 public libraries were built from 10 grants (totaling $198,000) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1917. In addition, academic libraries were built at 4 institutions (totaling $76,500).

1 Carnegie libraries
2 Academic libraries
3 Notes
4 References

Carnegie libraries

	Library	City or town	Date granted^[1]	Grant amount^[1]
1	Bartow	Bartow	01911-03-18 March 18, 1911	$8,000
2	Bradentown	Bradenton	01917-02-03 February 3, 1917	$10,000
3	Clearwater	Clearwater	01915-03-16 March 16, 1915	$10,000
4	Gainesville	Gainesville	01916-03-31 March 31, 1916	$10,000
5	Jacksonville	Jacksonville	01902-02-13 February 13, 1902	$55,000
6	Ocala	Ocala	01907-02-21 February 21, 1907	$10,000
7	Palmetto	Palmetto	01914-01-14 January 14, 1914	$10,000
8	St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg	01913-07-09 July 9, 1913	$17,500
9	Tampa	Tampa	01901-12-30 December 30, 1901	$50,000
10	West Tampa	West Tampa	01913-01-02 January 2, 1913	$17,500

Academic libraries

	Institution	Locality	Year granted	Grant amount
1	Fessenden Academy	Martin	01905-03-15 March 15, 1905	$6,500
2	Florida State Normal and Industrial College	Tallahassee	01905-07-18 July 18, 1905	$10,000
3	John B. Stetson University	DeLand	01906-03-12 March 12, 1906	$40,000
4	Rollins College	Winter Park	01905-06-22 June 22, 1905	$20,000

Notes

^ ^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.

References

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 0838900224.
Jones, Theodore (1997). Carnegie Libraries Across America. New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0471144223.
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.

U.S. Carnegie libraries by state

State	Alabama • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Florida • Georgia • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Montana • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York (New York City) • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming

Federal district	District of Columbia

Other	Puerto Rico

Other Carnegie libraries: Africa, the Caribbean, and Oceania • Canada • Europe

List of Carnegie libraries in Florida

Contents

Carnegie libraries

Academic libraries

Notes

References