List of Carnegie libraries in Idaho

The following list of Carnegie libraries in Idaho provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Idaho, where 11 libraries were built from 11 grants (totaling over $138,000) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1903 to 1914. As of 2010, 9 of these buildings are still standing, and 3 still operate as libraries.

Boise
Caldwell
Idaho Falls
Lewiston
Moscow
Mountain Home
Pocatello
Wallace
Weiser
Idaho Carnegie library buildings still standing

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

Carnegie libraries
Library City or
town		 Image Date
granted[1]		 Grant
amount[1]		 Location Notes
1 Boise Boise Feb 12, 1903 $40,000 815 W. Washington St.
43°37′10″N 116°11′58″W		 Completed 1905
2 Caldwell Caldwell Apr 3, 1912 $12,500 1101 Cleveland Blvd.
43°39′44″N 116°41′07″W		 Completed 1914
3 Idaho Falls Idaho Falls Mar 13, 1909 $15,000 200 N. Eastern Dr.
43°29′25″N 112°02′14″W		 Completed 1916, now part of the Museum of Idaho
4 Lewiston Lewiston Mar 27, 1903 $10,000 101 5th St.
46°25′12″N 117°01′36″W		 Built 1901, closed September 30, 1999
5 Moscow Moscow Jun 2, 1904 $10,000 110 S. Jefferson St.
46°44′00″N 116°59′51″W		 Mission Style, opened March 1906
6 Mountain Home Mountain Home Dec 13, 1907 $6,000 180 S. 3rd East
43°07′57″N 115°41′29″W		 Completed 1908, now a museum
7 Nampa Nampa Jan 18, 1907 $10,500 Completed 1908, burned down after the library moved in 1966
8 Pocatello Pocatello Nov 14, 1906 $12,000 113 S. Garfield Ave.
42°51′38″N 112°27′08″W		 Completed 1907
9 Preston Preston Mar 11, 1914 $10,000 Demolished June 11, 2004
10 Wallace Wallace Jan 18, 1910 $12,000 415 River St.
47°28′28″N 115°55′31″W		 Completed 1911
11 Weiser Weiser 1919 Paddock Ave. and Maryatt St.
44°15′48″N 116°58′34″W		 Part of the Intermountain Institute (old high school). Closed when the new high school and public library were constructed in the 1960s.

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
  • 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.

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 (usually Jones) without support from the others. Reader discretion is advised.

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