List of Carnegie libraries in Virginia

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Norfolk Main
Norfolk Van Wyck
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Waynesboro
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William and Mary
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Manassas Industrial Institute
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Randolph-Macon
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Washington
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Virginia Carnegie libraries

The following list of Carnegie libraries in Virginia provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Virginia, where 3 public libraries were built from 2 grants (totaling $78,000) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1914. In addition, academic libraries were built at 4 institutions (totaling $175,000).

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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

LibraryCity or
town
ImageDate
granted [1]
Grant
amount [1] [2]
LocationNotes
1Norfolk Main Norfolk Freemason carnegie.jpg Mar 8, 1901$50,000345 W. Freemason St.
36°51′07″N76°17′44″W / 36.851806°N 76.295417°W / 36.851806; -76.295417 (Norfolk Main Public Library)
Designed by Herbert G. Hale and Henry G. Morse, the Norfolk library has, since 1970, served as office space. [3]
2Norfolk Van Wyck Norfolk Mar 8, 1901$20,000345 Shirley Ave.
36°52′28″N76°17′26″W / 36.874403°N 76.290436°W / 36.874403; -76.290436 (Norfolk Van Wyck Public Library)
This library was funded by a Carnegie grant and a donation from H.D. Van Wyck in 1901, but did not open until May 15, 1916. It was designed by Ferguson, Calrow, and Wren. [4]
3Waynesboro Waynesboro Feb 26, 1914$8,000301 Walnut Ave.
38°04′02″N78°53′35″W / 38.067222°N 78.892917°W / 38.067222; -78.892917 (Waynesboro Carnegie Library)
Part of Fishburne Military School since 1984, this building was designed by T. J. Collins & Sons. Now used for JROTC classrooms.

Academic libraries

InstitutionLocalityImageDate
granted [5]
Grant
amount [5]
LocationNotes
1 The College of William & Mary Williamsburg Mar 31, 1905
Dec 14, 1921
$20,000
$25,000
Open 1909–1966, now Tucker Hall
2 Manassas Industrial Institute Manassas Carnegie Hall Arch.JPG Apr 16, 1908$15,000Only entrance arch remains
3 Randolph-Macon College Ashland May 2, 1921$60,000Now Peele Hall
4 Washington and Lee University Lexington Mar 15, 1905$55,000Open 1908–1979, known as Huntley Hall, now houses the Williams School of Commerce

Notes

  1. 1 2 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. "The South—Virginia". Library Journal. 40. New York: R. R. Bowker: 360. May 1915. ISSN   0000-0035.
  3. Koch, Theodore (1917). A book of Carnegie libraries. New York: H. W. Wilson. p.  116. carnegie library norfolk.
  4. Haile, Peggy. "History of the Norfolk Public Library". Norfolk Public Library. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
  5. 1 2 Miller, pp. 38–40

References

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.