The following list of Carnegie libraries in Utah provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Utah, where 23 libraries were built from 23 grants (totaling $255,470) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1919. As of 2010, 17 of these buildings are still standing, and 10 still operate as libraries.
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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
| Library | City or town |
Image | Date granted[1] |
Grant amount[1] |
Location | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Fork | American Fork | September 26, 1919 | $10,000 | 54 E. Main St. | Last Carnegie library granted in the United States; demolished | |
| 2 | Beaver | Beaver | December 8, 1913 | $10,000 | 55 W. Center St. |
Federal Revival style, built c. 1917 | |
| 3 | Brigham City | Brigham City | June 11, 1914 | $12,500 | 26 E. Forest St. |
Prairie Style, completed December 15, 1915 | |
| 4 | Cedar City | Cedar City | April 3, 1912 | $10,000 | Near 20 N. Main St. | Completed in 1914, condemned c. 1947, demolished c. 1969 | |
| 5 | Chapman Branch | Salt Lake City | March 31, 1916 | $25,000 | 577 S. 900 West |
Classical Revival style, dedicated May 1918 | |
| 6 | Ephraim | Ephraim | January 14, 1914 | $10,000 | 30 S. Main St. |
Beaux-Arts style, dedicated March 27, 1915 | |
| 7 | Eureka | Eureka | December 24, 1907 | $11,000 | 263 W. Main St. |
Dedicated October 13, 1909, extensively altered in 1947; now the Eureka Memorial Building | |
| 8 | Garland | Garland | January 17, 1912 | $8,000 | 86 W. Factory St. |
Classical Revival style, dedicated December 12, 1914 | |
| 9 | Lehi | Lehi | November 7, 1917 | $10,000 | 51 N. Center St. |
North wing of the old Lehi City Hall, Mission Style, dedicated December 30, 1921. Now a museum | |
| 10 | Manti | Manti | March 21, 1910 | $11,470 | 2 S. Main St. |
Classical Revival style, dedicated January 2, 1912 | |
| 11 | Mount Pleasant | Mount Pleasant | May 15, 1916 | $10,000 | 24 E. Main St. |
Prairie Style, dedicated February 15, 1917 | |
| 12 | Murray | Murray | January 6, 1911 | $10,000 | 184 E. Vine St. |
Extensively altered; now part of a private school | |
| 13 | Ogden | Ogden | March 9, 1901 | $25,000 | 26th St. and Washington Blvd. | Opened in 1903, demolished February 10, 1969 | |
| 14 | Panguitch | Panguitch | December 3, 1915 | $6,000 | 75 E. Center St. |
Built c. 1918 | |
| 15 | Parowan | Parowan | January 31, 1913 | $6,000 | Demolished | ||
| 16 | Price | Price | January 2, 1913 | $10,000 | 159 E. Main St. | Finished January 17, 1915. Demolished and replaced by a new library building in 1957 | |
| 17 | Provo | Provo | April 8, 1907 | $17,500 | 15 N. 100 East |
Original building completely enclosed by a 1939 WPA-sponsored addition | |
| 18 | Richfield | Richfield | January 6, 1911 | $10,000 | 83 E. Center St. |
American Craftsman style, dedicated May 14, 1913 | |
| 19 | Richmond | Richmond | September 27, 1912 | $8,000 | 38 W. Main St. |
Classical Revival style, opened October 20, 1914 | |
| 20 | Smithfield | Smithfield | January 7, 1918 | $12,000 | 25 N. Main St. |
Prairie Style, completed in 1921 | |
| 21 | Springville | Springville | November 9, 1916 | $10,000 | 175 S. Main St. |
Prairie Style, opened January 1922. Now a museum | |
| 22 | St. George | St. George | January 31, 1913 | $8,000 | Completed in 1916, demolished in 1981 | ||
| 23 | Tooele | Tooele | January 5, 1909 | $5,000 | 47 E. Vine St. |
Classical Revival style, opened May 10, 1911. Now a museum |
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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