List of Carnegie libraries in Massachusetts

The following list of Carnegie libraries in Massachusetts provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Massachusetts, where 43 public libraries were built from 35 grants (totaling $1,137,500) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1917. In addition, academic libraries were built at 5 institutions (totaling $513,846).

1 Public libraries
2 Academic libraries
3 See also
4 Notes
5 References

Public libraries

	Library	City or town	Date granted^[1]	Grant amount^[1]^[2]
1	Ashland	Ashland	01903-02-20 February 20, 1903	$10,000
2	Athol	Athol	01902-03-14 March 14, 1902	$22,000
3	Berkley	Berkley	01915-02-06 February 6, 1915	$5,000
4	Brockton	Brockton	01910-04-16 April 16, 1910	$110,000
5	Chelsea	Chelsea	01908-07-20 July 20, 1908	$60,000
6	Clinton	Clinton	01901-03-08 March 8, 1901	$25,000
7	Dighton	Dighton	01905-02-15 February 15, 1905	$6,000
8	Edgartown	Edgartown	01902-04-26 April 26, 1902	$4,000
9	Granby	Granby	01916-03-31 March 31, 1916	$5,000
10	Holliston	Holliston	01903-01-06 January 6, 1903	$10,000
11	Hudson	Hudson	01903-01-06 January 6, 1903	$12,500
12	Lakeville	Lakeville	01912-07-13 July 13, 1912	$5,000
13	Lee	Lee	01903-11-25 November 25, 1903	$12,000
14	Leominster	Leominster	01906-12-24 December 24, 1906	$27,500
15	Lynn Haywood	Lynn	01915-03-16 March 16, 1915	$50,000
16	Lynn Houghton	Lynn	01915-03-16 March 16, 1915	—
17	Marlborough	Marlborough	01902-04-26 April 26, 1902	$30,000
18	Melrose	Melrose	01901-12-30 December 30, 1901	$25,000
19	Millbury	Millbury	01915-03-16 March 16, 1915	$12,500
20	Needham	Needham	01903-01-13 January 13, 1903	$10,000
21	New Marlborough	New Marlborough	01917-02-03 February 3, 1917	$5,000
22	Reading	Reading	01902-01-02 January 2, 1902	$15,000
23	Revere	Revere	01901-10-03 October 3, 1901	$20,000
24	Rockland	Rockland	01903-01-13 January 13, 1903	$12,500
25	Rockport	Rockport	01903-06-18 June 18, 1903	$10,000
26	Saugus	Saugus	01916-11-09 November 9, 1916	$17,000
27	Sharon	Sharon	01913-03-14 March 14, 1913	$10,000
28	Somerville Central	Somerville	01907-04-08 April 8, 1907	$123,000
29	Somerville East	Somerville	01907-04-08 April 8, 1907	—
30	Somerville West	Somerville	01907-04-08 April 8, 1907	—
31	South Hadley	South Hadley	01905-12-08 December 8, 1905	$10,000
32	Springfield Central	Springfield	01905-03-30 March 30, 1905	$260,000
33	Springfield Forest Park	Springfield	01905-03-30 March 30, 1905	—
34	Springfield Indian Orchard	Springfield	01905-03-30 March 30, 1905	—
35	Springfield Memorial Square	Springfield	01905-03-30 March 30, 1905	—
36	Stoneham	Stoneham	01903-01-13 January 13, 1903	$15,000
37	Taunton	Taunton	01902-04-26 April 26, 1902	$70,000
38	Turners Falls	Turners Falls	01903-03-27 March 27, 1903	$13,500
39	Walpole	Walpole	01901-07-16 July 16, 1901	$15,000
40	West Springfield	West Springfield	01915-09-20 September 20, 1915	$25,000
41	Worcester Francis Perkins	Worcester	01910-07-01 July 1, 1910	$75,000
42	Worcester Quinsigamond	Worcester	01910-07-01 July 1, 1910	—
43	Worcester South Worcester	Worcester	01910-07-01 July 1, 1910	—

Academic libraries

	Institution	Locality	Year granted^[3]	Grant amount^[3]
1	Mount Holyoke College	South Hadley	01903-12-31 December 31, 1903	$50,000
2	Radcliffe College	Cambridge	01905-03-31 March 31, 1905	$73,900
3	Smith College	Northampton	01905-07-13 July 13, 1905	$62,500
4	Tufts College	Medford	01904-12-19 December 19, 1904	$100,000
5	Wellesley College	Wellesley	01905-03-31 March 31, 1905 01915-01-06 January 6, 1915	$132,000 $95,446

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.
^ Grants for multiple libraries (Lynn, Somerville, Springfield, and Worcester) are listed only by their total amount, not broken down for each branch.
^ ^a ^b Miller, pp. 38–40

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 without support from the others. Reader discretion is advised.

U.S. Carnegie libraries by state

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Federal district	District of Columbia

Other	Puerto Rico

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

List of Carnegie libraries in Massachusetts

Contents

Public libraries

Academic libraries

See also

Notes

References