List of Carnegie libraries in Texas

The following list of Carnegie libraries in Texas provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Texas, where 32 public libraries were built from 30 grants (totaling $649,500) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1898 to 1915. In addition, an academic library was built at Wiley College in Marshall from a $15,000 grant awarded March 26, 1906.

Public libraries

	Library	City or town	Date granted^[1]	Grant amount^[1]	Location	Notes
1	Abilene	Abilene	01907-03-09 March 9, 1907	$17,500		Building demolished in 1958
2	Ballinger	Ballinger	01908-02-10 February 10, 1908	$17,500	204 N 8th St	Still a public library
3	Belton	Belton	01903-02-02 February 2, 1903	$10,000	201 N Main St	Now the Bell County Museum
4	Brownwood	Brownwood	01903-03-27 March 27, 1903	$15,000		Building demolished in 1965
5	Bryan	Bryan	01902-04-11 April 11, 1902	$10,000	111 S Main St	Now the Carnegie Center of Brazos Valley History
6	Clarksville	Clarksville	01902-09-05 September 5, 1902	$10,000		Building destroyed by fire in 1980
7	Cleburne	Cleburne	01903-04-13 April 13, 1903	$20,000	201 N Caddo St	Now the Layland Museum
8	Corsicana	Corsicana	01904-03-16 March 16, 1904	$25,000		Building demolished in 1967
9	Dallas Main	Dallas	01899-08-23 August 23, 1899	$76,000	Commerce & Harwood Streets	Building demolished in 1954
10	Dallas Branch	Dallas	01899-08-23 August 23, 1899	—		Building demolished
11	El Paso	El Paso	01902-01-09 January 9, 1902	$37,500		Building demolished in 1968
12	Fort Worth	Fort Worth	01899-06-30 June 30, 1899	$50,000		Building demolished in 1937
13	Franklin	Franklin	01913-04-02 April 2, 1913	$7,500	315 E Decherd	Now the Robertson County Public Library
14	Gainesville	Gainesville	01912-04-03 April 3, 1912	$15,000	201 S Denton St	Now the Butterfield Stage
15	Greenville	Greenville	01903-04-13 April 13, 1903	$15,000		Building demolished in 1953
16	Houston Main	Houston	01899-10-28 October 28, 1899	$65,000		Building demolished
17	Houston Segregated	Houston	01899-10-28 October 28, 1899	—		Building demolished in 1970s
18	Jefferson	Jefferson	01906-05-15 May 15, 1906	$10,000	301 W Lafayette	Still the Jefferson Carnegie Library
19	Marshall	Marshall	01907 1907		711 Wiley Ave	Now the Willis J. King Administration Building on the Wiley College campus.
19	Memphis	Memphis	01912-01-27 January 27, 1912	$10,000		Building demolished in mid-1980s
20	Palestine	Palestine	01912-09-27 September 27, 1912	$15,000	502 N Queen St	Now the Chamber of Commerce
21	Pecos	Pecos	01911-06-25 June 25, 1911	$9,000		Building demolished in early 1960s
22	Pittsburg	Pittsburg	01898-04-30 April 30, 1898	$5,000		Building destroyed by fire in 1939
23	San Antonio	San Antonio	01900-01-06 January 6, 1900	$70,000		Building demolished
24	Sherman	Sherman	01912-04-03 April 3, 1912	$20,000	301 S Walnut	Now The Sherman Museum
25	Stamford	Stamford	01908-06-29 June 29, 1908	$15,000	600 E McHarg St	Still the Stamford Carnegie Library
26	Sulphur Springs	Sulphur Springs	01909-04-10 April 10, 1909	$12,000		Building demolished
27	Temple	Temple	01902-01-22 January 22, 1902	$15,000		Building destroyed by fire in 1918
28	Terrell	Terrell	01903-02-20 February 20, 1903	$10,000	207 N Frances St	Now the Terrell Heritage Museum
29	Tyler	Tyler	01903-03-20 March 20, 1903	$15,000	125 S College St	Now the Carnegie History Center
30	Vernon	Vernon	01915-04-19 April 19, 1915	$12,500		Building demolished in late 1970s
31	Waco	Waco	01902-04-28 April 28, 1902	$30,000		Building demolished
32	Winnsboro	Winnsboro	01908-04-06 April 6, 1908	$10,000		Building demolished in 1967

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.

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.

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