List of Carnegie libraries in Wyoming

Buffalo

Evanston

Green River

Lander

Laramie

Lusk

Newcastle

Rock Springs

Thermopolis

Wheatland

Wyoming Carnegie library

buildings still standing

The following list of Carnegie libraries in Wyoming provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Wyoming, where 16 libraries were built from 16 grants (totaling $257,500) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1899 to 1917. As of 2010, 10 of these buildings are still standing, and 5 still operate as libraries.

1 Key
2 Carnegie libraries
3 Notes
4 References

Key

      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

Carnegie libraries

	Library	City or town	Date granted^[1]	Grant amount^[1]	Location	Notes
1	Basin	Basin	01908-06-29 June 29, 1908	$17,500		Demolished in 1954
2	Buffalo	Buffalo	01909-01-14 January 14, 1909	$12,500	90 N. Main St.	Completed in 1909, now a museum
3	Casper	Casper	01906-02-13 February 13, 1906	$13,000	2nd and Durban Sts.	Completed in 1910, demolished in May-June 1970
4	Cheyenne	Cheyenne	01899-12-27 December 27, 1899	$50,000	22nd St. and Capitol Ave.	Completed in 1902, demolished in 1971
5	Cody	Cody	01914-04-13 April 13, 1914	$15,000		Completed in 1916, demolished in 1965
6	Douglas	Douglas	01908-07-20 July 20, 1908	$10,000	300 Walnut St.	Completed in 1911, demolished on September 8, 1966
7	Evanston	Evanston	01903-02-20 February 20, 1903	$11,000	1020 Front St.	Completed in 1906, now houses the Uinta County Museum and Chamber of Commerce
8	Green River	Green River	01905-12-08 December 8, 1905	$20,000	177 N. Center St.	Completed in 1906, now houses county circuit court
9	Lander	Lander	01906-11-27 November 27, 1906	$15,000	451 N. 2nd St.	Completed in 1907
10	Laramie	Laramie	01903-01-02 January 2, 1903	$20,000	405 E. Grand Ave.	Now houses government offices
11	Lusk	Lusk	01914-05-08 May 8, 1914	$11,000	425 S. Main St.	Completed in 1919
12	Newcastle	Newcastle	01911-02-20 February 20, 1911	$12,500	23 W. Main St.	Completed in 1911
13	Rock Springs	Rock Springs	01907-12-13 December 13, 1907	$12,500	400 C St.	Completed in 1910, extensively altered
14	Sheridan	Sheridan	01904-03-18 March 18, 1904	$12,500		Completed in 1905, demolished in 1974
15	Thermopolis	Thermopolis	01917-04-03 April 3, 1917	$12,500	328 Arapahoe St.	Completed in 1919, now houses government offices
16	Wheatland	Wheatland	01916-05-15 May 15, 1916	$12,500	904 9th St.	Completed in 1917, completely enclosed by a 1965 addition

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.
Jones, Walter R. (2010). A Window to the World: The First 100 Years of the Natrona County Public Library. Casper: Natrona County Public Library. ISBN 9780976958413.
Miller, Durand R. (1943). Carnegie Grants for Library Buildings, 1890-1917. New York: Carnegie Corporation of New York. OCLC 2603611.
"Wyoming's Carnegie Libraries" (PDF). Wyoming Library Roundup: 11–14. Winter 2007. ISSN 0043-9738. http://www-wsl.state.wy.us/roundup/Win2007Roundup.pdf. Retrieved April 29, 2010.

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 Wyoming

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