List of Carnegie libraries in Idaho

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Boise
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Caldwell
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Idaho Falls
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Lewiston
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Moscow
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Mountain Home
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Pocatello
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Wallace
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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.

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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

LibraryCity or
town
ImageDate
granted
[1]
Grant
amount
[1]
LocationNotes
1 Boise Boise Boise, Idaho Carnegie library.jpg Feb 12, 1903$40,000815 W. Washington St.
43°37′10″N116°11′58″W / 43.61944°N 116.19944°W / 43.61944; -116.19944 (Boise Carnegie Public Library)
Completed 1905
2 Caldwell Caldwell Caldwell, Idaho, Carnegie Library (1).jpg Apr 3, 1912$12,5001101 Cleveland Blvd.
43°39′44″N116°41′07″W / 43.66222°N 116.68528°W / 43.66222; -116.68528 (Caldwell Carnegie Library)
Completed 1914
3Idaho Falls Idaho Falls Museum of Idaho exterior.jpg Mar 13, 1909$15,000200 N. Eastern Dr.
43°29′25″N112°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
4Lewiston Lewiston Carnegie Library NRHP 100002548 Nez Perce County, ID.jpg Mar 27, 1903$10,000101 5th St.
46°25′12″N117°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 Moscow-id-us-public-library-2.png Jun 2, 1904$10,000110 S. Jefferson St.
46°44′00″N116°59′51″W / 46.73333°N 116.99750°W / 46.73333; -116.99750 (Moscow Carnegie Library)
Mission Style, opened March 1906
6Mountain Home Mountain Home Mountain Home Museum - Mountain Home Idaho.jpg Dec 13, 1907$6,000180 S. 3rd East
43°07′57″N115°41′29″W / 43.13250°N 115.69139°W / 43.13250; -115.69139 (Mountain Home Carnegie Library)
Completed 1908, now a museum
7Nampa Nampa January 25, 1907$10,5001417 Second St. South between 14th and 15th StreetCompleted in February 1908. Formal opening was March 7, 1908. The library moved to the First Security Bank building in 1966. The original Carnegie building was used as the Canyon County YWCA until at least June 1976. It is said that the building burned down some time between 1976 - 1979.
8Pocatello Pocatello Pocatello Idaho Carnegie Library.jpeg Nov 14, 1906$12,000113 S. Garfield Ave.
42°51′38″N112°27′08″W / 42.86056°N 112.45222°W / 42.86056; -112.45222 (Pocatello Carnegie Library)
Completed 1907
9Preston Preston Mar 11, 1914$10,000Demolished June 11, 2004
10Wallace Wallace Carnegie Library (Wallace, Idaho).jpg Jan 18, 1910$12,000415 River St.
47°28′28″N115°55′31″W / 47.47444°N 115.92528°W / 47.47444; -115.92528 (Wallace Carnegie Library)
Completed 1911
11Weiser Weiser Carnegie Library - Intermountain Institute HD - Weiser Idaho.jpg 1919Paddock Ave. and Maryatt St.
44°15′48″N116°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. 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

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.