List of Carnegie libraries in Idaho

Boise

Caldwell

Idaho Falls

Lewiston

Moscow

Mountain Home

Pocatello

Wallace

Weiser

Idaho Carnegie library buildings still standing

The following list of Carnegie libraries in Idaho provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Idaho, where 11 libraries were built from 11 grants (totaling over $138,000) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1903 to 1914. As of 2010, 9 of these buildings are still standing, and 3 still operate as libraries.

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	Boise	Boise	000000001903-02-12-0000Feb 12, 1903	$40,000	815 W. Washington St. 43°37′10″N 116°11′58″W / 43.61944°N 116.19944°W / 43.61944; -116.19944 (Boise Carnegie Public Library)	Completed 1905
2	Caldwell	Caldwell	000000001912-04-03-0000Apr 3, 1912	$12,500	1101 Cleveland Blvd. 43°39′44″N 116°41′07″W / 43.66222°N 116.68528°W / 43.66222; -116.68528 (Caldwell Carnegie Library)	Completed 1914
3	Idaho Falls	Idaho Falls	000000001909-03-13-0000Mar 13, 1909	$15,000	200 N. Eastern Dr. 43°29′25″N 112°02′14″W / 43.49028°N 112.03722°W / 43.49028; -112.03722 (Idaho Falls Public Library)	Completed 1916, now part of the Museum of Idaho
4	Lewiston	Lewiston	000000001903-03-27-0000Mar 27, 1903	$10,000	101 5th St. 46°25′12″N 117°01′36″W / 46.42000°N 117.02667°W / 46.42000; -117.02667 (Lewiston Carnegie Library)	Built 1901, closed September 30, 1999
5	Moscow	Moscow	000000001904-06-02-0000Jun 2, 1904	$10,000	110 S. Jefferson St. 46°44′00″N 116°59′51″W / 46.73333°N 116.99750°W / 46.73333; -116.99750 (Moscow Carnegie Library)	Mission Style, opened March 1906
6	Mountain Home	Mountain Home	000000001907-12-13-0000Dec 13, 1907	$6,000	180 S. 3rd East 43°07′57″N 115°41′29″W / 43.13250°N 115.69139°W / 43.13250; -115.69139 (Mountain Home Carnegie Library)	Completed 1908, now a museum
7	Nampa	Nampa	000000001907-01-18-0000Jan 18, 1907	$10,500		Completed 1908, burned down after the library moved in 1966
8	Pocatello	Pocatello	000000001906-11-14-0000Nov 14, 1906	$12,000	113 S. Garfield Ave. 42°51′38″N 112°27′08″W / 42.86056°N 112.45222°W / 42.86056; -112.45222 (Pocatello Carnegie Library)	Completed 1907
9	Preston	Preston	000000001914-03-11-0000Mar 11, 1914	$10,000		Demolished June 11, 2004
10	Wallace	Wallace	000000001910-01-18-0000Jan 18, 1910	$12,000	415 River St. 47°28′28″N 115°55′31″W / 47.47444°N 115.92528°W / 47.47444; -115.92528 (Wallace Carnegie Library)	Completed 1911
11	Weiser	Weiser	000000001919-01-01-00001919		Paddock Ave. and Maryatt St. 44°15′48″N 116°58′34″W / 44.26333°N 116.97611°W / 44.26333; -116.97611 (Weiser Carnegie Library)	Part of the Intermountain Institute (old high school). Closed when the new high school and public library were constructed in the 1960s.

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.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Carnegie libraries in Idaho.

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.

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. Reader discretion is advised.

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