List of Carnegie libraries in New York

The following list of Carnegie libraries in New York provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in New York, where 107 public libraries were built from 42 grants (totaling $6,416,821) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1899 to 1917. In addition, academic libraries were built at 3 institutions (totaling $247,949).

Of the 107 public libraries, 66 were built in New York City alone and are listed separately.

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

Public libraries

	Library	City or town	Image	Date granted [1]	Grant amount [1]	Location	Notes
1	Amsterdam	Amsterdam		Feb 4, 1902	$25,000	28 Church St.	Construction began 1902, opened 1903
2	Andover	Andover		Nov 21, 1911	$5,000	40 Main St.	Opened 1912
3	Binghamton	Binghamton		Apr 26, 1902	$75,000	78 Exchange St.	Open 1904–2002
4	Bolivar	Bolivar		Apr 10, 1909	$5,000	390 Main St.	Opened 1910
5	Canastota	Canastota		Jan 10, 1902	$10,000	102 W. Center St.
6	Catskill	Catskill		Feb 2, 1901	$20,000	1 Franklin St.
7	Chatham	Chatham		Aug 16, 1901	$15,000	11 Woodbridge Ave	Opened 1905
8	Dunkirk	Dunkirk		Feb 20, 1904	$25,000	536 Central Ave.
9	Elmira	Elmira		Jan 28, 1916	$70,000	400 E. Church St.	The new Steele Library at 101 E. Church opened in 1979.
10	Fleischmanns	Fleischmanns		1901	$5,000	1017 Main St.
11	Franklinville	Franklinville		May 8, 1914	$2,200	5 N. Main St.
12	Fulton	Fulton		Mar 14, 1902	$15,000	160 S. 1st St.
13	Gloversville	Gloversville		Mar 8, 1901	$50,000	58 E. Fulton St.
14	Hamburg	Hamburg		Jul 23, 1914	$5,000	102 Buffalo St.
15	Hornell	Hornell		Jan 22, 1903	$25,000	64 Genesee St.
16	Johnstown	Johnstown		Mar 6, 1901	$16,000	38 S. Market St.	Construction started in 1902.
17	Kingston	Kingston		Apr 26, 1902	$30,000	55 Franklin St.
18	Lackawanna	Lackawanna		May 3, 1917	$30,000	560 Ridge Rd.
19	Mount Vernon	Mount Vernon		Feb 19, 1901	$72,000	28 S. 1st Ave.
20	New Rochelle	New Rochelle		Mar 14, 1901	$60,000	662 Main St.
21	Niagara Falls	Niagara Falls		Mar 8, 1901	$50,000	1022 Main St.
22	North Tonawanda	North Tonawanda		Dec 27, 1902	$20,000	240 Goundry St.
23	Northport	Northport		May 21, 1913	$10,000	215 Main St.
24	Nyack	Nyack		Dec 21, 1901	$15,000	59 S. Broadway
25	Olean	Olean		Nov 27, 1906	$40,000	116 S. Union St.
26	Ossining	Ossining		Dec 23, 1911	$26,000
27	Patchogue	Patchogue		Jan 8, 1905	$15,000	160 W. Main St.	Open 1908–1981, moved to a temporary location in 2012. [2] [3] Moved to current location in 2013, re-opened in 2016 as Teen Center at the Patchogue-Medford Carnegie Library.
28	Penn Yan	Penn Yan		Jan 6, 1903	$10,000	214 Main St.
29	Perry	Perry		Jul 13, 1912	$12,000	70 Main St. N.
30	Port Jervis	Port Jervis		Feb 21, 1901	$30,000	138 Pike St.
31	Rockville Centre	Rockville Centre		Dec 14, 1903	$10,000	11 Clinton Ave.
32	Salamanca	Salamanca		Feb 3, 1917	$17,500	45 S. Main St.	Open 1920–1976, now a law office
33	Saugerties	Saugerties		Sep 25, 1914	$12,500	91 Washington Ave.
34	Schenectady	Schenectady		Feb 13, 1901	$50,000		Open 1903–1970, now Webster House, a dormitory at Union College
35	Solvay	Solvay		Jan 13, 1903	$10,000	615 Woods Rd.
36	Syracuse	Syracuse		Jan 15, 1901	$200,000	335 Montgomery St.	Open 1905–1988
37	Theresa	Theresa		Jan 18, 1910	$7,500	301 Main St.
38	Ticonderoga	Ticonderoga		Mar 8, 1904	$7,000	161 Montcalm St.
39	Warsaw	Warsaw		Feb 5, 1904	$12,500	130 N. Main St.
40	White Plains	White Plains		Dec 20, 1904	$40,000
41	Yonkers	Yonkers		Mar 8, 1901	$50,000

Academic libraries

	Institution	Locality	Image	Year granted [4]	Grant amount [4]	Location	Notes
1	Alfred University	Alfred		Mar 26, 1906 Jan 2, 1913	$10,000 $20,000		Renamed Jordan Hall in 2021, houses Alfred University administration and finance offices
2	Syracuse University	Syracuse		Mar 15, 1905	$150,000		One of the Comstock Tract Buildings
3	Wells College	Aurora		Feb 20, 1908 December 22, 1922	$57,949 $10,000		Open 1911–1968, now Cleveland Hall

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. "Carnegie Library Moving Wednesday," by Michael Sorrentino (Patchogue Patch)
3. "The Carnegie Library Move (Greater Patchogue Historical Society)". Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-01-25.
4. Miller, pp. 38–40

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.