List of Carnegie libraries in Kentucky

The following list of Carnegie libraries in Kentucky provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Kentucky, where 23 public libraries were built from 15 grants (totaling $795,300) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1899 to 1914. In addition, academic libraries were built at 4 institutions (totaling $101,500).

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Public libraries

Library City or
town		 Image Date
granted[1]		 Grant
amount[1][2]		 Location Notes
1 Corbin Corbin 01914-04-13 April 13, 1914 $6,000
2 Covington Covington 01900-01-15 January 15, 1900 $85,000
3 Henderson Henderson 01901-07-03 July 3, 1901 $25,000
4 Hickman Hickman 01906-11-27 November 27, 1906 $10,000
5 Hopkinsville Hopkinsville 01912-12-03 December 3, 1912 $15,000
6 Lawrenceburg Lawrenceburg 01908-04-06 April 6, 1908 $5,800
7 Lexington Lexington 01902-01-16 January 16, 1902 $60,000
8 Louisville Main Louisville 01899-11-11 November 11, 1899 $450,000 Main branch of Louisville Free Public Library
9 Louisville Crescent Hill Louisville 01899-11-11 November 11, 1899 —
10 Louisville Eastern Louisville 01899-11-11 November 11, 1899 —
11 Louisville Highland Louisville 01899-11-11 November 11, 1899 —
12 Louisville Jefferson Louisville 01899-11-11 November 11, 1899 —
13 Louisville Parkland Louisville 01899-11-11 November 11, 1899 —
14 Louisville Portland Louisville 01899-11-11 November 11, 1899 —
15 Louisville Shelby Park Louisville 01899-11-11 November 11, 1899 —
16 Louisville Western Louisville 01899-11-11 November 11, 1899 —
17 Middlesboro Middlesboro 01908-11-20 November 20, 1908 $15,000
18 Newport Newport 01899-10-30 October 30, 1899 $26,500
19 Owensboro Owensboro 01903-11-18 November 18, 1903 $30,000
20 Paducah Paducah 01901-10-13 October 13, 1901 $35,000
21 Paris Paris 01903-01-02 January 2, 1903 $12,000
22 Shelbyville Shelbyville 01901-12-30 December 30, 1901 $10,000
23 Somerset Somerset 01905-12-08 December 8, 1905 $10,000

Academic libraries

Institution Locality Image Year
granted[3]		 Grant
amount[3]		 Location Notes
1 Berea College Berea 01904-03-10 March 10, 1904 $30,000
2 Centre College Danville 01913-02-13 February 13, 1913 $30,000
3 Kentucky Wesleyan College Winchester 01913-07-09 July 9, 1913 $15,000
4 University of Kentucky Lexington 01906-03-12 March 12, 1906 $26,500

Notes

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Grants for multiple libraries (Louisville) are listed only by their total amount, not broken down for each branch.
  3. ^ a b Miller, pp. 38–40

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