List of Carnegie libraries in New Hampshire

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New Hampshire Carnegie libraries

The following list of Carnegie libraries in New Hampshire provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in New Hampshire, where 9 public libraries were built from 9 grants (totaling $134,000) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1902 to 1907. In addition, one academic library was built.

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Key

      Building still operating as a library
      Building standing, but now serving another purpose
      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]		 Location Notes[2]
1 Berlin Public Library Berlin 01902-12-27 December 27, 1902 $17,000 270 Main St.
2 Fiske Free Library Claremont 01903-01-13 January 13, 1903 $15,000 108 Broad St.
 The design of Henry M. Francis & Sons, this library was expanded in 1922 and renovated in 1966.
3 Dover Dover 01902-04-26 April 26, 1902 $30,000 73 Locust St.
 Designed by architects Randlett & Griffin, this building was dedicated July 19, 1905, and underwent a major renovation in the late 1980s.[3]
4 Franklin Franklin 01903-11-25 November 25, 1903 $15,000 310 Central St.
5 Lebanon Lebanon 01907-12-13 December 13, 1907 $12,500 9 E. Park St.
6 Littleton Littleton 01902-03-14 March 14, 1902 $15,000 92 Main St.
 Designed by Robert Coit in the Classical Revival style and opened in 1906, the library's interior was renovated in 1959-1960.
7 Raymond Raymond 01906-05-15 May 15, 1906 $2,000 9 Epping St.
 Opening October 1, 1908, this library was significantly expanded in 1993.
8 Rochester Rochester 01903-12-22 December 22, 1903 $20,000 65 S. Main St.
 Designed by Randlett & Griffin in the Georgian Revival style and opened October 2, 1905, this library built additions in 1941 and 1996.
9 Whitefield Whitefield 01903-04-23 April 23, 1903 $7,500 8 Lancaster Rd.
 Dedicated September 6, 1904, this J. Lawrence Berry work remains largely the same today with the exception of a 1990 basement renovation.

Academic library

Institution Town Image Date
granted[4]		 Grant
amount[4]		 Location Notes
1 New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts Durham 01905-03-31 March 31, 1905 $20,000 95 Main St.
 Located on the campus of the eventual University of New Hampshire, the Hamilton Smith library was opened June 3, 1907, and served in this capacity until 1958. It now houses various offices.

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. ^ Smith, Corinne H. "New England Carnegies: honoring the public libraries that Andrew Carnegie helped to fund". http://www.necarnegies.com. Retrieved 2009-07-15. 
  3. ^ "Dover PL history". Dover Public Library. http://www.dover.lib.nh.us/DoverHistory/doverpl.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-16. 
  4. ^ a b Miller, pp. 38–40

References

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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