List of Carnegie libraries in Oklahoma

The following list of Carnegie libraries in Oklahoma, provides detailed information on United States' Carnegie libraries in Oklahoma, where 24 public libraries were built from 24 grants (totaling $464,500) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1899 to 1916. In addition, an academic library was built at the University of Oklahoma in Norman from a $30,000 grant given on February 20, 1903.

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	Ardmore	Ardmore		Mar 20, 1903	$15,000	500 Stanley Street SW	Current location of the Pansy Garden Club
2	Bartlesville	Bartlesville		Apr 23, 1908	$12,500	7th and Osage	Currently Law Offices
3	Chickasha	Chickasha		Feb 12, 1903	$10,000	527 Iowa Ave	Razed in 1963
4	Collinsville	Collinsville		Jun 1, 1915	$7,500	1223 W Main St
5	Cordell	Cordell		Jan 6, 1911	$9,000	105 E 1st St	Location of Washita County Historical Society museum since 1981
6	El Reno	El Reno		Nov 25, 1903	$12,500	215 E. Wade
7	Elk City	Elk City		Apr 13, 1914	$10,000	221 West Broadway
8	Enid	Enid		Feb 20, 1904	$25,000	402 North Independence Avenue	Razed in 1972
9	Frederick	Frederick		Sep 25, 1914	$10,000	200 East Grand
10	Guthrie	Guthrie		Oct 17, 1901	$26,000	406 E Oklahoma Ave	Now part of the Oklahoma Territorial Museum
11	Hobart	Hobart		May 2, 1911	$10,000	200 S Main
12	Lawton	Lawton		Mar 31, 1916	$20,000	5th & "B" Avenue	Currently Lawton town hall
13	McAlester	McAlester		Mar 24, 1906	$25,000	325 E. Grand Avenue	Razed in 1973
14	Miami	Miami		Mar 15, 1916	$10,000	200 N. Main	Razed in 1962
15	Muskogee	Muskogee		Aug 30, 1910	$60,000	401 E. Broadway	Currently occupied by Ark of Faith
16	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma City		Oct 27, 1899	$60,000	131 Dean A. McGee Avenue	Razed in 1951
17	Perry	Perry		Feb 13, 1909	$10,000	302 North 7th Street
18	Ponca City	Ponca City		Aug 29, 1908	$6,500	Grand Avenue and Fifth Street	Razed in 1935
19	Sapulpa	Sapulpa		Jan 28, 1916	$25,000	27 W Dewey
20	Shawnee	Shawnee		Jun 2, 1904	$15,500	331 North Broadway	Now the District Attorney's office
21	Tahlequah	Tahlequah		Mar 25, 1905	$10,000	120 S. College Ave	A new building was attached to the Carnegie building and was dedicated in 1978. This new addition currently serves as the primary library facility while the Carnegie building serves as a meeting and special occasion area, still in use by the Tahlequah Public Library.
22	Tulsa	Tulsa		Nov 30, 1910	$55,000	3rd and Cheyenne	Razed in 1965
23	University of Oklahoma	Norman		February 20, 1903	$30,000	650 Parrington Oval	Now the Department of Classics and Letters, the Institute for the American Constitutional Heritage, and the Office of Academic Integrity
24	Wagoner	Wagoner		Dec 7, 1911	$10,000	102 South State
25	Woodward	Woodward		Dec 3, 1915	$10,000	1207 8th Street

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.

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.