List of Carnegie libraries in Arizona

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Arizona Carnegie libraries

The following list of Carnegie libraries in Arizona provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Arizona, where 4 libraries were built from 4 grants (totaling $64,000) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1899 to 1917.

Contents

Key

  Building still operating as a library
  Building standing, but now serving another purpose
  Building listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Carnegie libraries

LibraryCity or
town
ImageDate
granted
Grant
amount
LocationNotes
1 Phoenix Phoenix P-Phoenix Carnegie Library and Library Park-1907.jpg Apr 26, 1902$25,0001101 W Washington St.
33°26′51.62″N112°5′13.19″W / 33.4476722°N 112.0869972°W / 33.4476722; -112.0869972 (Phoenix Carnegie Library)
Closed after serving as the Phoenix Public Library from 1908 to 1953. Now the Carnegie Center, a multi-service center which includes the Arizona State Library. [1]
2 Prescott Prescott OldPublicLibraryPrescott422.jpg Jul 4, 1899$4,000125 E Gurley St.
34°32′30.02″N112°28′3.32″W / 34.5416722°N 112.4675889°W / 34.5416722; -112.4675889 (Prescott Carnegie Library)
Open from November 24, 1903, until 1975. The building is now home to several private businesses. [2]
3Tucson Tucson Pcplold.jpg Oct 27, 1899$25,000200 S 6th Ave.
32°13′9.09″N110°58′8.96″W / 32.2191917°N 110.9691556°W / 32.2191917; -110.9691556 (Tucson Carnegie Library)
Served as the Tucson Public Library from 1901 to 1991. In 1991, it became the Tucson Children's Museum. [3]
4Yuma Yuma Sep 14, 1917$10,000350 S 3rd Ave.
32°43′14.21″N114°37′26.63″W / 32.7206139°N 114.6240639°W / 32.7206139; -114.6240639 (Yuma Carnegie Library)
Opened February 24, 1921. Although heavily renovated in the 1950s and again in 2008, the original Carnegie library still stands as a branch library for the Yuma County Library District. [4]

Notes

  1. "Carnegie Center" . Retrieved 2009-06-21.
  2. Barks, Cindy (October 27, 2002). "Those were the days". The Daily Courier. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
  3. "Downtown Tucson Partnership > Culture > History" . Retrieved 2009-06-21.
  4. "Library History". Yuma County Library District. Archived from the original on 2009-06-15. Retrieved 2009-06-21.

References

Map all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap

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.