List of Carnegie libraries in Alabama

Anniston

Avondale
Ensley
West End

Bessemer

Eufaula

Gadsden

Huntsville

Montgomery

Selma

Talladega

Troy

Union Springs

Alabama Carnegie libraries

The following list of Carnegie libraries in Alabama provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Alabama, where 14 public libraries were built from 14 grants (totaling $195,800) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1916. In addition, academic libraries were built at 5 institutions (totaling $94,040).

Key

      Building still operating as a library
      Building standing, but now serving another purpose
      Building no longer standing

Public libraries

	Library	City or town	Date granted	Grant amount	Location	Notes
1	Anniston	Anniston	000000001916-05-15-0000May 15, 1916	$20,000	Wilmer Ave. & E 10th St. 33°39′25.92″N 85°49′42.27″W / 33.6572000°N 85.8284083°W / 33.6572000; -85.8284083 (Anniston Carnegie library)	Open 1918–1965
2	Avondale	Avondale	000000001907-12-13-0000Dec 13, 1907	$10,000		Open 1908–1961
3	Bessemer	Bessemer	000000001906-02-13-0000Feb 13, 1906	$10,000	321 18th St. N 33°24′8.22″N 86°57′16.86″W / 33.4022833°N 86.9546833°W / 33.4022833; -86.9546833 (Bessemer Carnegie library)
4	Decatur	Decatur	000000001903-02-12-0000Feb 12, 1903	$12,000	207 Church St. NE 34°36′45.11″N 86°58′55.2″W / 34.6125306°N 86.982000°W / 34.6125306; -86.982000 (Decatur Carnegie library)
5	Ensley	Ensley	000000001905-03-25-0000Mar 25, 1905	$10,000	Corner of Avenue H and 18th St.	Open 1906–1955
6	Eufaula	Eufaula	000000001903-02-02-0000Feb 2, 1903	$10,000	217 N Eufaula Ave. 31°53′48.47″N 85°8′44.35″W / 31.8967972°N 85.1456528°W / 31.8967972; -85.1456528 (Eufaula Carnegie library)
7	Gadsden	Gadsden	000000001903-11-18-0000Nov 18, 1903	$10,000	701 Forrest Ave. 34°1′21.17″N 86°2′43.65″W / 34.0225472°N 86.0454583°W / 34.0225472; -86.0454583 (Gadsden Carnegie library)	Open 1906–1964
8	Huntsville	Huntsville	000000001914-05-08-0000May 8, 1914	$12,500		Open 1916–1966
9	Montgomery	Montgomery	000000001901-02-13-0000Feb 13, 1901	$50,000	100 S Lawrence St. 32°22′36.71″N 86°18′22.44″W / 32.3768639°N 86.3062333°W / 32.3768639; -86.3062333 (Montgomery Carnegie library)
10	Selma	Selma	000000001903-04-13-0000Apr 13, 1903	$11,800	912 Selma Avenue 32°24′29.55″N 87°1′18.55″W / 32.4082083°N 87.0218194°W / 32.4082083; -87.0218194 (Selma Carnegie Library)
11	Talladega	Talladega	000000001906-02-13-0000Feb 13, 1906	$12,500	200 South St. E 33°26′1.63″N 86°5′59.4″W / 33.4337861°N 86.099833°W / 33.4337861; -86.099833 (Talladega Carnegie library)
12	Troy	Troy	000000001908-04-06-0000Apr 6, 1908	$10,000	306 E Academy St. 31°48′35.82″N 85°58′8.8″W / 31.8099500°N 85.969111°W / 31.8099500; -85.969111 (Troy Carnegie library)
13	Union Springs	Union Springs	000000001911-01-06-0000Jan 6, 1911	$7,000	103 Prairie St. N 32°8′28.54″N 85°42′57.98″W / 32.1412611°N 85.7161056°W / 32.1412611; -85.7161056 (Union Spring Carnegie library)
14	West End	West End	000000001909-02-01-0000Feb 1, 1909	$10,000	Tuscaloosa Ave. SW & 13th St. SW 33°29′36.94″N 86°51′12.72″W / 33.4935944°N 86.8535333°W / 33.4935944; -86.8535333 (West End Carnegie library)	Open 1912–1962

Academic libraries

	Institution	City or town	Date granted^[1]	Grant amount^[1]	Location	Notes
1	Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University	Normal	000000001904-03-10-0000Mar 10, 1904	$16,540	Buchanan Way 34°47′5.07″N 86°34′9.75″W / 34.7847417°N 86.5693750°W / 34.7847417; -86.5693750
2	Alabama Polytechnic Institute	Auburn	000000001905-03-27-0000Mar 27, 1905	$30,000	W. Thatch Avenue 32°36′13.86″N 85°29′1.16″W / 32.6038500°N 85.4836556°W / 32.6038500; -85.4836556 (Mary E. Martin Hall)	Now Martin Hall, houses offices
3	Judson College	Marion	000000001906-03-12-0000Mar 12, 1906	$12,500		Now Bean Hall, houses Alabama Women's Hall of Fame
4	Talladega College	Talladega	000000001904-01-16-0000Jan 16, 1904	$15,000		Burned in 1963
5	Tuskegee University	Tuskegee	000000001900-12-20-0000Dec 20, 1900	$20,000		Open 1901–1932, now houses offices

Notes

1 2 Miller, pp. 38–40

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 0-8389-0022-4.
Jones, Theodore (1997). Carnegie Libraries Across America. New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-14422-3.
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 (usually Jones) without support from the others.

U.S. Carnegie libraries by state

State	Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York New York City North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Philadelphia Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

Federal district	District of Columbia

Other	Puerto Rico

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State of Alabama

Montgomery (capital)

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