List of Carnegie libraries in Tennessee

The following list of Carnegie libraries in Tennessee provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Tennessee, where 13 public libraries were built from 10 grants (totaling $335,500) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1900 to 1916. In addition, academic libraries were built at 5 institutions (totaling $270,000).

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	Date granted^[1]	Grant amount^[1]^[2]	Location	Notes
1	Brownsville	Brownsville	000000001909-12-02-0000Dec 2, 1909	$7,500	121 W. Main St.	Open 1912–2002, now Chamber of Commerce
2	Chattanooga	Chattanooga	000000001900-12-27-0000Dec 27, 1900	$50,000	200 E. 8th St.	Open 1905–1940, now offices
3	Etowah	Etowah	000000001915-09-29-0000Sep 29, 1915	$8,000	723 Ohio Ave.	Still functions as a library; also serves as Etowah's city hall
4	Greeneville	Greeneville	000000001913-11-03-0000Nov 3, 1913	$10,000	approximately 130 Summer St.	Open 1914–1970s
5	Harriman	Harriman	000000001908-11-20-0000Nov 20, 1908	$10,000	601 Walden St.
6	Jackson	Jackson	000000001901-02-13-0000Feb 13, 1901	$30,000	305 E. College St.	Open 1903–1968, now an art and history center
7	Johnson City	Johnson City	000000001902-12-23-0000Dec 23, 1902	$16,000		Opened 1904, part of the Mountain Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, now a lecture hall
8	Knoxville	Knoxville	000000001916-05-15-0000May 15, 1916	$10,000		Free Colored Carnegie Branch, opened 1918, demolished in the 1960s
9	Nashville Main	Nashville	000000001901-07-23-0000Jul 23, 1901	$175,000		Open 1904–1966
10	Nashville Carnegie	Nashville	000000001901-07-23-0000Jul 23, 1901	—	1001 Monroe St.	North Branch, opened 1915
11	Nashville East	Nashville	000000001901-07-23-0000Jul 23, 1901	—	206 Gallatin Rd.	Opened 1919
12	Nashville Negro Branch	Nashville	000000001901-07-23-0000Jul 23, 1901	—		Open 1916–1948
13	Union City	Union City	000000001910-04-08-0000Apr 8, 1910	$10,000		Demolished in 1938

Academic libraries

	Institution	Locality	Date granted^[3]	Grant amount^[3]	Location	Notes
1	Fisk University	Nashville	000000001905-03-15-0000Mar 15, 1905	$20,000	Meharry Blvd. and 17th Ave. N. 36°10′03″N 86°48′18″W / 36.167620°N 86.805034°W / 36.167620; -86.805034	Fisk University Carnegie Library, now Fisk's Academic Building
2	Knoxville College	Knoxville	000000001907-03-15-0000Mar 15, 1907	$10,000	901 Knoxville College Dr.	Open 1909–1965. Razed and Alumni Memorial Library built in same location in 1967
3	Lincoln Memorial University	Harrogate	000000001905-04-18-0000Apr 18, 1905	$20,000	Campus quad 36°34′52″N 83°39′38″W / 36.581027°N 83.660447°W / 36.581027; -83.660447	Opened 1906
4	Peabody College for Teachers	Nashville	000000001917-01-11-0000Jan 11, 1917	$180,000	1210 21st Ave. S.	Now the Peabody Library at Vanderbilt University
5	University of Tennessee	Knoxville	000000001905-03-15-0000Mar 15, 1905	$40,000	1404 Circle Dr.	Open 1911–1931, converted into administrative offices with PWA funds in 1934, leaving only traces of the original building intact. Now the Austin Peay Building, houses the department of psychology.

Notes

1 2 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.
↑ Grants for multiple libraries (Nashville) are listed only by their total amount, not broken down for each branch.
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 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

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