List of Carnegie libraries in North Carolina

The following list of Carnegie libraries in North Carolina provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in North Carolina, where 10 public libraries were built from 9 grants (totaling $165,696) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1917. In addition, academic libraries were built at 6 institutions (totaling $127,868).

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] [2]	Location	Notes
1	Andrews	Andrews		Apr 13, 1914	$5,000		Demolished in 1979 to make room for a new library.
2	Charlotte	Charlotte		Mar 12, 1901	$40,000	310 N. Tryon St.	Demolished in 1954. New library building opened on the same site in 1956 and a third in 1989.
3	Durham	Durham		Sep 14, 1917	$32,000	311 E. Main St.	Closed in 1980. Building was renovated in 1984 and now houses offices.
4	Greensboro Main	Greensboro		Apr 26, 1902	$40,446
5	Greensboro Carnegie Branch	Greensboro		Apr 26, 1902	—	900 E. Washington St.	Carnegie Negro Library, built 1924, now part of Bennett College campus
6	Hendersonville	Hendersonville		May 2, 1911	$10,000	4th Ave. and King St.	Closed in 1970, now houses the Henderson County Partnership for Economic Development.
7	Hickory	Hickory		May 3, 1917	$13,250	415 1st Ave. NW	Closed in 1952
8	Murphy	Murphy		May 15, 1916	$7,500	87 Peachtree St.	Now a museum
9	Rutherford College	Rutherford College		Feb 21, 1907	$2,500
10	Winston-Salem	Winston-Salem		Feb 12, 1903	$15,000	211 W. 3rd St.	Closed 1954, now a church

Academic libraries

	Institution	Locality	Image	Year granted [3]	Grant amount [3]	Location	Notes
1	Biddle University	Charlotte		Dec 23, 1905	$12,500	100 Beatties Ford Rd.	Closed in 1969, now houses student services
2	Davidson College	Davidson		Apr 18, 1905	$20,000	101 Dormitory Dr.	Built 1910, closed in 1941, now college guesthouse
3	Guilford College	Greensboro		Apr 30, 1908	$9,000	5800 W. Friendly Ave.	Built in 1910
4	Livingstone College	Salisbury		Mar 15, 1905	$12,500	701 W. Monroe St.	Built in 1908
5	State Normal and Industrial College (now UNC Greensboro)	Greensboro		Feb 4, 1904	$18,868	401 College Ave.	Closed c.1950, now the Forney Building, houses IT services
6	University of North Carolina	Chapel Hill		Mar 21, 1905	$55,000		Closed in 1929, now called Hill Hall, music department facilities

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 (Greensboro) are listed only by their total amount, not broken down for each branch.
3. 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.