List of Carnegie libraries in Montana

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Big Timber
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Bozeman
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Chinook
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Dillon
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Fort Benton
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Hamilton
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Hardin
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Havre
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Kalispell
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Lewistown
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Livingston
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Malta
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Miles City
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Missoula
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Red Lodge
Montana Carnegie library buildings still standing

The following list of Carnegie libraries in Montana provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Montana, where 17 libraries were built from 17 grants (totaling $219,200) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1918. As of 2013, 15 of these buildings are still standing, and 9 still operate as libraries.

Contents

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 Big Timber Big Timber Carneige Library Big Timber Montana 01.JPG May 16, 1911$7,500314 McLeod St.
45°49′57″N109°57′7″W / 45.83250°N 109.95194°W / 45.83250; -109.95194 (Big Timber Carnegie Public Library)
2 Bozeman Bozeman BozemanCarnegieLibrary2011.jpg Mar 14, 1902$15,00035 N. Bozeman Ave.
45°40′49″N111°2′4″W / 45.68028°N 111.03444°W / 45.68028; -111.03444 (Bozeman Carnegie Library)
Now houses law offices
3Chinook Chinook Oct 29, 1918$15,000421 Ohio St.
4 Dillon Dillon Dillon City Library (2013) - Beaverhead County, Montana.png Jan 22, 1902$7,500121 S. Idaho St.
45°12′59″N112°38′13″W / 45.21639°N 112.63694°W / 45.21639; -112.63694 (Dillon City Library)
5Fort Benton Fort Benton FortBentonMT CarnegieLibrary.jpg Mar 31, 1916$15,0001518 Main St.
6Glasgow Glasgow Apr 8, 1907$7,500Demolished about 1965
7Great Falls Great Falls Jun 21, 1901$31,700Demolished about 1965
8Hamilton Hamilton Jul 23, 1914$9,000306 State St.
9Hardin Hardin Mar 31, 1916$7,500419 N. Custer Ave.
10 Havre Havre Carnegie Public Library (2013) - Hill County, Montana.png Mar 14, 1913$12,000447 4th Ave.
48°32′57″N109°40′35″W / 48.54917°N 109.67639°W / 48.54917; -109.67639 (Carnegie Public Library)
Now the Old Library Art Gallery
11Kalispell Kalispell Dec 21, 1901$10,000302 2nd Ave. E.Now the Hockaday Museum of Art
12 Lewistown Lewistown Lewistown Montana Carnegie Library.jpg Jan 19, 1905$10,000701 W. Main St.
47°3′41″N109°25′47″W / 47.06139°N 109.42972°W / 47.06139; -109.42972 (Lewistown Carnegie Library)
Completed in 1906, opened in 1907
13Livingston Livingston Mar 20, 1903$10,000228 W. Callender St.Opened October 1904
14 Malta Malta Phillips County Carnegie Library (2013) - Phillips County, Montana.png Feb 3, 1917$15,000S. 1st St.
48°21′35″N107°52′34″W / 48.35972°N 107.87611°W / 48.35972; -107.87611 (Phillips County Carnegie Library)
Now a museum
15Miles City Miles City Miles City Montana Public Library.jpg Jul 16, 1901$10,0001 S. 10th St.
16 Missoula Missoula Carnegie Public Library (2012) - Missoula County, Montana.png Jan 13, 1903$12,500335 N. Pattee St.
46°52′21″N113°59′29″W / 46.87250°N 113.99139°W / 46.87250; -113.99139 (Missoula Carnegie Public Library)
Now the Missoula Art Museum
17Red Lodge Red Lodge Jun 11, 1914$15,0003 W. 8th St.

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 without support from the others. Reader discretion is advised.