List of Carnegie libraries in Nebraska

The following list of Carnegie libraries in Nebraska provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Nebraska, where 69 libraries were built from 68 grants (totaling $707,488) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1899 to 1917.

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	Image	Date granted [1]	Grant amount [1] [2]	Location	Notes
1	Albion	Albion		Apr 8, 1907	$6,000	437 S 3rd St
2	Alliance	Alliance		Dec 2, 1909	$10,000	204 W 4th St	The building is now the Carnegie Arts Center.
3	Alma	Alma		Dec 13, 1907	$10,000	111 S John St
4	Arcadia	Arcadia		Mar 31, 1916	$7,000	100 S. Reynolds St.
5	Ashland	Ashland		Mar 18, 1911	$5,500	207 N. 15th St.	The library moved to a new building in January 2015. The Carnegie library now houses the Ashland History Museum.
6	Aurora	Aurora		Dec 2, 1909	$10,000	812 12th St
7	Beatrice	Beatrice		Mar 14, 1902	$23,000	220 N. 5th St.	Now the Chamber of Commerce and Tourist Center
8	Blair	Blair		Mar 31, 1916	$10,000	Built at corner of 5th and Lincoln St. In 1958 5th St was renamed 17th St.	1973 – Destroyed after a fire [3]
9	Bloomfield	Bloomfield		Jan 2, 1913	$5,000
10	Broken Bow	Broken Bow		Jul 23, 1914	$10,000	255 S. 10th St.
11	Burwell	Burwell		May 21, 1913	$5,000	110 S. 7th Ave.
12	Chadron	Chadron		Apr 16, 1910	$5,788	507 Bordeaux St.
13	Clarks	Clarks		May 3, 1917	$7,500	101 W Amity St
14	Clay Center	Clay Center		Jan 6, 1915	$7,000	117 W Edgar St
15	College View	College View		Sep 25, 1914	$7,500	3800 S. 48th St.
16	Columbus	Columbus		Aug 11, 1913	$13,000	1470 25th Ave	Designed by local architect Charles Wurdeman [4]
17	Cozad	Cozad		Sep 14, 1917	$6,000
18	Crete [5]	Crete		Aug 11, 1913	$10,000	305 East 13th Street, Crete, Nebraska 68333	Expanded and remodeled in the 1990s. The library moved into a new building on January 30, 2020.
19	David City	David City		Nov 9, 1916	$10,000	360 E St
20	Dewitt	De Witt		Nov 14, 1906	$3,000
21	Fairbury	Fairbury		Dec 24, 1907	$12,500	601 7th St.
22	Fairfield	Fairfield		Jan 9, 1913	$6,000	412 N. D St.
23	Franklin	Franklin		Sep 29, 1915	$5,000	1401 L St
24	Fremont	Fremont		Dec 30, 1901	15000	Southeast corner of Military and Park
25	Fullerton	Fullerton		Jul 13, 1912	$6,000	402 Fuller St
26	Geneva	Geneva		Jan 31, 1911	$8,000	1043 G St
27	Gibbon	Gibbon		May 17, 1912	$6,000
28	Gothenburg	Gothenburg		Jan 14, 1914	$8,000	1104 Lake Av
29	Grand Island	Grand Island		Apr 26, 1902	$20,000	321 W. 2nd St.
30	Hartington	Hartington		Mar 11, 1914	$8,000	106 S Broadway
31	Harvard	Harvard		Jun 11, 1914	$6,000	309 N Clay Ave
32	Hastings	Hastings		Dec 27, 1902	$15,000	Southeast corner of Denver Ave and 4th street
33	Havelock	Havelock		Mar 24, 1906	$7,000	4308 N 63rd
34	Holdrege	Holdrege		Nov 16, 1904	$8,500	604 East Av
35	Kearney	Kearney		Jan 13, 1903	$12,000	Southwest corner of 21st St and 1st Ave
36	Lexington	Lexington		Nov 9, 1916	$10,000	705 N Washington St
37	Lincoln Main	Lincoln		Dec 20, 1899	$87,000	136 South 14th Street
38	Lincoln Branch	Lincoln		Dec 20, 1899	$10,000 [6]	2121 N 27th St	The library was built at the SW corner of 27th & Orchard Street. In 1992 it was moved to the current location. [6]
39	Loup City	Loup City		Mar 31, 1916	$8,000	652 N St.
40	Madison	Madison		Jan 31, 1911	$6,000	W 3rd and Kent
41	McCook	McCook		Dec 8, 1905	$11,000	423 Norris Ave.
42	Neligh	Neligh		Dec 14, 1908	$5,000	510 Main Street
43	Norfolk	Norfolk		Dec 13, 1907	$10,000	803 W. Norfolk Ave.
44	North Bend	North Bend		Dec 7, 1911	$7,500	140 E. 8th St.
45	North Platte	North Platte		Apr 8, 1910	$12,000	314 N Jeffers St
46	O'Neill	O'Neill		May 17, 1912	$10,000	601 E Douglas
47	Pawnee City	Pawnee City		Dec 30, 1904	$7,000	730 G St.	The library moved to a new building in 2011.
48	Pierce	Pierce		Mar 29, 1911	$4,000	200 E Willow St
49	Plainview	Plainview		Dec 3, 1915	$6,000	102 S. Main St.	The library moved to a new building in June 2016.
50	Plattsmouth	Plattsmouth		Jun 1, 1915	$12,500	401 Avenue A
51	Ponca	Ponca		Apr 25, 1911	$4,500	203 2nd St
52	Randolph	Randolph		Nov 9, 1916	$6,000		The library was razed in 2007 and a new library built at the same location
53	Ravenna	Ravenna		Nov 9, 1916	$7,500	121 W Seneca St	The library moved to a new building in July 2018.
54	Schuyler	Schuyler		Mar 29, 1911	$9,000	1003 B St.
55	Scottsbluff	Scottsbluff		Jun 6, 1917	$15,000	106 E. 18th St.
56	Seward	Seward		Apr 3, 1912	$8,000	204 S 5th St
57	Shelton	Shelton		Apr 2, 1913	$9,000	313 C St
58	Sidney	Sidney		Jul 9, 1913	$6,500	740 Illinois St.
59	South Omaha	Omaha		Jun 21, 1901	$50,000	2302 M Street	Located in the former city of South Omaha. The Carnegie building was razed in 1954 and a new building was built in its place. Today's location is a partnership with Metropolitan Community College.
60	Spencer	Spencer		Dec 3, 1915	$8,000	110 W Main
61	Stanton	Stanton		Apr 13, 1914	$8,000	1009 Jackpine St.
62	Stromsburg	Stromsburg		Mar 16, 1915	$7,500	5th and Commercial
63	Superior	Superior		Dec 24, 1907	$7,000	354 N Commercial Ave
64	Sutton	Sutton		Feb 1, 1909	$5,700
65	Tecumseh	Tecumseh		Nov 14, 1906	$6,000	136 N 5th St
66	Tekamah	Tekamah		Nov 17, 1914	$8,000	204 S. 13th St.
67	University Place	University Place		Mar 16, 1915	$12,500	2820 N 48th St
68	Wayne	Wayne		Jan 6, 1911	$9,000	410 Main St
69	Wymore	Wymore		Sep 25, 1914	$10,000	116 W F St

Notes

1. 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.
2. Grants for multiple libraries (Lincoln) are listed only by their total amount, not broken down for each branch.
3. "Blair Historic Preservation Alliance". Blair Historic Preservation Alliance.
4. "Charles Wurdeman (1871-1961), Architect". Nebraska State Historical Society. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
5. "Crete Public Library web page" . Retrieved 9 August 2012.
6. "Lincoln Historic Preservation Commission agenda" (PDF). January 19, 2017.

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.