List of Carnegie libraries in Virginia

Norfolk Main
Norfolk Van Wyck
Waynesboro
William and Mary
Manassas Industrial Institute
Randolph-Macon
Washington
and
Lee
Virginia Carnegie libraries

The following list of Carnegie libraries in Virginia provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Virginia, where 3 public libraries were built from 2 grants (totaling $78,000) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1914. In addition, academic libraries were built at 4 institutions (totaling $175,000).

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

Public libraries

Library City or
town
Image Date
granted
[1]
Grant
amount
[1][2]
Location Notes
1 Norfolk Main Norfolk Mar 8, 1901 $50,000 345 W. Freemason St.
36°51′07″N 76°17′44″W / 36.851806°N 76.295417°W
Designed by Herbert G. Hale and Henry G. Morse, the Norfolk library has, since 1970, served as office space.[3]
2 Norfolk Van Wyck Norfolk Mar 8, 1901 $20,000 345 Shirley Ave.
36°52′28″N 76°17′26″W / 36.874403°N 76.290436°W
This library was funded by a Carnegie grant and a donation from H.D. Van Wyck in 1901, but did not open until May 15, 1916. It was designed by Ferguson, Calrow, and Wren.[4]
3 Waynesboro Waynesboro Feb 26, 1914 $8,000 301 Walnut Ave.
38°04′02″N 78°53′35″W / 38.067222°N 78.892917°W
Part of Fishburne Military School since 1984, this building was designed by T. J. Collins & Sons. Now used for JROTC classrooms.

Academic libraries

Institution Locality Image Date
granted
[5]
Grant
amount
[5]
Location Notes
1 The College of William & Mary Williamsburg Mar 31, 1905
Dec 14, 1921
$20,000
$25,000
Open 1909–1966, now Tucker Hall
2 Manassas Industrial Institute Manassas Apr 16, 1908 $15,000
3 Randolph-Macon College Ashland May 2, 1921 $60,000 Now Peele Hall
4 Washington and Lee University Lexington Mar 15, 1905 $55,000 Open 1908–1979, now houses the School of Commerce

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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. "The South—Virginia". Library Journal (New York: R. R. Bowker) 40: 360. May 1915. ISSN 0000-0035.
  3. Koch, Theodore (1917). A book of Carnegie libraries. New York: H. W. Wilson. p. 116.
  4. Haile, Peggy. "History of the Norfolk Public Library". Norfolk Public Library. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
  5. 5.0 5.1 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.