List of Carnegie libraries in Maine

Auburn
Lewiston

Caribou

Fort
Fairfield

Freeport

Gardiner

Guilford

Houlton

Madison

Milo

Oakland
Waterville

Old Town

Pittsfield

Presque
Isle

Rockland

Rumford

Vinalhaven

GW-H

UMaine

Maine Carnegie libraries
(: public, : academic, : multiple)

The following list of Carnegie libraries in Maine provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Maine, where 18 public libraries were built from 18 grants (totaling $241,450) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1912. In addition, academic libraries were built at 2 institutions (totaling $70,000).

1 Key
2 Public libraries
3 Academic libraries
4 Notes
5 References
6 External links

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	Date granted^[1]	Grant amount^[1]	Location	Notes^[2]
1	Auburn	Auburn	01903-01-13 January 13, 1903	$25,000	49 Spring St.	Opening on August 1, 1904, this William R. Miller of Portland design has been renovated and expanded in 1956, 1978, and 2005.^[3]
2	Caribou	Caribou	01910-03-21 March 21, 1910	$10,000	30 High St.	Designed by local architect Schuyler C. Page in the Romanesque Revival style, this library was renovated in the 1960s.
3	Fort Fairfield	Fort Fairfield	01911-02-20 February 20, 1911	$10,000	339 Main St.	Built in 1913, this library added a wing in 1993.
4	Freeport	Freeport	01905-03-14 March 14, 1905	$6,500	55 Main St.	Designed by George Burnham, this library was closed in 1997 when a new library was built. It is now a private business.
5	Gardiner	Gardiner	01897-12-22 December 22, 1897	$2,500	152 Water St.	Gardiner's grant was to complete an unfinished library.^[4]^[5] It was designed and begun in 1881 by local architect Henry Richards.
6	Guilford	Guilford	01908-03-21 March 21, 1908	$5,750	4 Library St.	Designed by Bangor architect Frederick A. Patterson, this building was renovated in 1977 and 2002.
7	Houlton	Houlton	01903-01-13 January 13, 1903	$10,000	107 Main St.	This library was designed by architect John Calvin Stevens of Portland in the Colonial Revival style, and it was renovated in 1968 and 1991.
8	Lewiston	Lewiston	01901-01-15 January 15, 1901	$60,000	200 Lisbon St.	A Coombs and Gibbs design, this building was significantly renovated in 1996, including moving the main entrance one block to the west.
9	Madison	Madison	01904-06-02 June 2, 1904	$8,000	12 Old Point Ave.	This building was designed by the Madison architectural firm of Snow & Humphreys.
10	Milo	Milo	01908-09-30 September 30, 1908	$8,500	4 Pleasant St.	Construction for this Frederick A. Patterson of Bangor design (based largely on Plan F from the leaflet distributed by James Bertram, Carnegie's secretary) did not begin until May 1922.^[6]
11	Oakland	Oakland	01912-02-15 February 15, 1912	$10,000	18 Church St.	Designed by Harry S. Coombs, this building was expanded in 2002.
12	Old Town	Old Town	01903-02-12 February 12, 1903	$10,000	46 Middle St.	A neoclassical work by New York architect Albert Randolph Ross, this library was expanded in 1991.
13	Pittsfield	Pittsfield	01903-03-20 March 20, 1903	$10,000	89 S. Main St.	Architect Albert Randolph Ross would later use this Beaux-Arts design for the Warsaw, New York library. A Civil War monument was built to coincide with the building's dedication in 1904.
14	Presque Isle	Presque Isle	01906-05-15 May 15, 1906	$10,000	39 2nd St.	An addition to this Astle and Page of Houlton work in 1967 significantly changed the look of this library.
15	Rockland	Rockland	01902-04-11 April 11, 1902	$20,000	80 Union St.	Opening April 26, 1904, this Clough and Wardner of Boston-designed library was notably visited by President Taft in 1910.^[7]
16	Rumford	Rumford	01903-01-22 January 22, 1903	$10,000	58 Rumford Ave.	Designed by John Calvin Stevens of Portland, this Romanesque Revival building had a large addition completed in 1969.
17	Vinalhaven	Vinalhaven	01906-04-22 April 22, 1906	$5,200	1 Carver St.	This building was dedicated August 15, 1907. Designed by Clough and Wardner of Boston, it is in the Prairie School style.^[8]
18	Waterville	Waterville	01902-04-28 April 28, 1902	$20,000	73 Elm St.	The work of Lewiston architect William R. Miller, this building has been renovated twice.

Academic libraries

	Institution	Locality	Image	Year granted^[9]	Grant amount^[9]	Location	Notes
1	Good Will Home Association	Fairfield		01905-03-30 March 30, 1905	$15,000	Hinckley campus	Designed by Albert Randolph Ross, this library was dedicated May 29, 1907. It is now part of the Good Will-Hinckley School.
2	University of Maine	Orono		01905-02-07 February 7, 1905	$55,000	Carnegie Hall	Designed in the Greek Revival style, this building was a library until 1947. It now houses art studio space.

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.
^ Smith, Corinne H. "New England Carnegies: honoring the public libraries that Andrew Carnegie helped to fund". http://www.necarnegies.com. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
^ "History". Auburn Public Library. http://www.auburn.lib.me.us/history.html. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
^ Anderson, p. 43.
^ Because of the uniqueness of its grant, Gardiner is not listed as a Carnegie library in Bobinski. However, Anderson, Jones, and Miller all count it, with two authors attaching a footnote.
^ Bradeen, Edna L. (June 26, 1985). "Milo Public Library has Interesting History". Piscataquis Observer. http://www.trcmaine.org/visitors/landmarks/?landmark=library. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
^ "Rockland Library". http://www.rocklandlibrary.org/cs/?render=page&callname=history. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
^ "Building for Another 100 Years". Vinalhaven Public Library. http://www.vinalhavenpubliclibrary.org/WWW/Library_News.html. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
^ ^a ^b Miller, pp. 38–40

References

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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 without support from the others. Reader discretion is advised.

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