List of Carnegie libraries in South Dakota

The following list of Carnegie libraries in South Dakota provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in South Dakota, where 25 public libraries were built from 25 grants (totaling $254,000) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1917. In addition, academic libraries were built at 2 institutions (totaling $57,000).

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	Aberdeen	Aberdeen		Mar 14, 1901	$15,000		Open 1902–1950
2	Armour	Armour		Feb 26, 1914	$7,500	915 Main St.
3	Britton	Britton		May 8, 1914	$7,500		Open 1921–2002, demolished for school expansion
4	Brookings	Brookings		Dec 13, 1907	$10,000	524 4th St.	Open 1915–1976, now the Brookings Arts Council
5	Canton	Canton		Dec 2, 1904	$10,000		Now a day care center
6	Dallas	Dallas		Apr 28, 1913	$5,000	405 Main St.	Opened September 18, 1914
7	Deadwood	Deadwood		Apr 11, 1902	$15,000	435 Williams St.
8	Dell Rapids	Dell Rapids		Nov 20, 1908	$6,000	513 N. Orleans Ave.
9	Hot Springs	Hot Springs		Mar 9, 1907	$10,000	145 N. Chicago St.	Now an insurance office
10	Huron	Huron		Dec 13, 1907	$10,000		Open 1909–1965
11	Lake Andes Carnegie Library	Lake Andes		Nov 21, 1911	$5,000	500 Main St.	Listed on National Register of Historic Places in 2000, still in operation in 2022.
12	Madison	Madison		Jan 16, 1906	$10,000	209 E. Center St.
13	Milbank	Milbank		Apr 11, 1905	$7,000	211 S. 3rd St.	Closed 1979, now a museum
14	Mitchell	Mitchell		Jan 10, 1902	$12,000	119 W. 3rd Ave.	Now houses historical and genealogical societies
15	Pierre	Pierre		Mar 20, 1903	$12,500		Open 1905–1972. Heavily damaged by fire in 1994, demolished 1995
16	Rapid City	Rapid City		Mar 11, 1914	$12,500	604 Kansas City St.
17	Redfield	Redfield		Mar 14, 1902	$10,000	5 E. 5th Ave.	Opened in 1902
18	Sioux Falls	Sioux Falls		Jan 24, 1901	$30,000	235 W. 10th St.	Open 1903–1972, now the town hall
19	Sisseton	Sisseton		Jun 11, 1914	$7,500	215 Oak St. E
20	Tyndall	Tyndall		Dec 3, 1915	$7,500	110 W. 17th Ave.
21	Vermillion	Vermillion		Feb 20, 1903	$10,000	12 Church St.
22	Wagner	Wagner		Jun 1, 1915	$5,000
23	Watertown	Watertown		Apr 13, 1903	$10,000	27 1st Ave. SE	Open 1906–1967, now a museum
24	Wessington Springs	Wessington Springs		May 3, 1917	$7,000	109 W. Main St.
25	Yankton	Yankton		Mar 14, 1902	$12,000	4th and Capitol Sts.

Academic libraries

	Institution	Locality	Image	Date granted [2]	Grant amount [2]	Location	Notes
1	University of South Dakota	Vermillion		Feb 2, 1906	$40,000	350 E. Clark St.	Now the National Music Museum
2	Yankton College	Yankton		Feb 2, 1904	$17,000	About 1048 Douglas Ave. 42°52′48″N97°23′27″W / 42.88000°N 97.39083°W / 42.88000; -97.39083	Became the Art Building in 1970. Part of Federal Prison Camp, Yankton since 1988

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. 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.
• Richards, Susan L. (Spring 1990). "The Building of Carnegie Libraries in South Dakota" (PDF). South Dakota History. 20 (1). South Dakota State Historical Society Press: 1–16. ISSN   0361-8676 . Retrieved July 19, 2013.

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.