List of Carnegie libraries in Oklahoma

The following list of Carnegie libraries in Oklahoma provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Oklahoma, where 24 public libraries were built from 24 grants (totaling $464,500) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1899 to 1916. In addition, an academic library was built at the University of Oklahoma in Norman from a $30,000 grant given February 20, 1903.

Public libraries

Library City or
town		 Image Date
granted[1]		 Grant
amount[1]		 Location Notes
1 Ardmore Ardmore 01903-03-20 March 20, 1903 $15,000 500 Stanley Street SW Current location of the Pansy Garden Club
2 Bartlesville Bartlesville 01908-04-23 April 23, 1908 $12,500 7th and Osage
3 Chickasha Chickasha 01903-02-12 February 12, 1903 $10,000 527 Iowa Ave Razed in 1963
4 Collinsville Collinsville 01915-06-01 June 1, 1915 $7,500 1223 W Main St
5 Cordell Cordell 01911-01-06 January 6, 1911 $9,000 105 E 1st St Location of Washita County Historical Society museum since 1981
6 El Reno El Reno 01903-11-25 November 25, 1903 $12,500 215 E. Wade
7 Elk City Elk City 01914-04-13 April 13, 1914 $10,000 221 West Broadway
8 Enid Enid 01904-02-20 February 20, 1904 $25,000 402 North Independence Avenue Razed in 1972
9 Frederick Frederick 01914-09-25 September 25, 1914 $10,000 200 East Grand
10 Guthrie Guthrie 01901-10-17 October 17, 1901 $26,000 406 E Oklahoma Ave
11 Hobart Hobart 01911-05-02 May 2, 1911 $10,000 200 S Main
12 Lawton Lawton 01916-03-31 March 31, 1916 $20,000 5th & "B" Avenue Currently Lawton town hall
13 McAlester McAlester 01906-03-24 March 24, 1906 $25,000 325 E. Grand Avenue Razed in 1973
14 Miami Miami 01916-03-15 March 15, 1916 $10,000 200 N. Main Razed in 1962
15 Muskogee Muskogee 01910-08-30 August 30, 1910 $60,000 401 E. Broadway Currently occupied by Ark of Faith
16 Oklahoma City Oklahoma City 01899-10-27 October 27, 1899 $60,000 131 Dean A. McGee Avenue Razed in 1951
17 Perry Perry 01909-02-13 February 13, 1909 $10,000 302 North 7th Street
18 Ponca City Ponca City 01908-08-29 August 29, 1908 $6,500 Grand Avenue and Fifth Street Razed in 1935
19 Sapulpa Sapulpa 01916-01-28 January 28, 1916 $25,000 27 W Dewey
20 Shawnee Shawnee 01904-06-02 June 2, 1904 $15,500 331 North Broadway Now the District Attorney's office; Shawnee's library is part of the Pioneer Library System
21 Tahlequah Tahlequah 01905-03-25 March 25, 1905 $10,000 300 S College Ave
22 Tulsa Tulsa 01910-11-30 November 30, 1910 $55,000 3rd and Cheyenne Razed in 1965
23 Wagoner Wagoner 01911-12-07 December 7, 1911 $10,000 102 South State
24 Woodward Woodward 01915-12-03 December 3, 1915 $10,000 1207 8th Street

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.

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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