List of Carnegie libraries in Utah

The following list of Carnegie libraries in Utah provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Utah, where 23 libraries were built from 23 grants (totaling $255,470) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1919. As of 2020, 16 of these buildings are still standing, and 10 still operate as libraries.

Beaver
Brigham City
Chapman Branch
Ephraim
Eureka
Garland
Lehi
    Manti
Mt. Pleasant
Panguitch
Provo
Richfield
Richmond
           Smithfield
         Springville
Tooele
Utah 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 American Fork American Fork Sep 26, 1919 $10,000 54 E. Main St. Last Carnegie library granted in the United States; demolished
2 Beaver Beaver Dec 8, 1913 $10,000 55 W. Center St.
38°16′24″N 112°38′29″W
Federal Revival style, built c. 1917
3 Brigham City Brigham City Jun 11, 1914 $12,500 26 E. Forest St.
41°30′39″N 112°00′51″W
Prairie Style, completed December 15, 1915
4 Cedar City Cedar City Apr 3, 1912 $10,000 Near 20 N. Main St. Completed in 1914, condemned c. 1947, demolished c. 1969
5 Chapman Branch Salt Lake City Mar 31, 1916 $25,000 577 S. 900 West
40°45′24″N 111°54′58″W
Classical Revival style, dedicated May 1918
6 Ephraim Ephraim Jan 14, 1914 $10,000 30 S. Main St.
39°22′05″N 111°35′12″W
Beaux-Arts style, dedicated March 27, 1915
7 Eureka Eureka Dec 24, 1907 $11,000 263 W. Main St.
39°57′15″N 112°07′13″W
Dedicated October 13, 1909, extensively altered in 1947; now the Eureka Memorial Building
8 Garland Garland Jan 17, 1912 $8,000 86 W. Factory St.
41°44′29″N 112°09′46″W
Classical Revival style, dedicated December 12, 1914
9 Lehi Lehi Nov 7, 1917 $10,000 51 N. Center St.
40°23′19″N 111°50′56″W
North wing of the old Lehi City Hall, Mission Style, dedicated December 30, 1921. Now a museum
10 Manti Manti Mar 21, 1910 $11,470 2 S. Main St.
39°15′55″N 111°37′59″W
Classical Revival style, dedicated January 2, 1912
11 Mount Pleasant Mount Pleasant May 15, 1916 $10,000 24 E. Main St.
39°32′48″N 111°27′14″W
Prairie Style, dedicated February 15, 1917
12 Murray Murray Jan 6, 1911 $10,000 184 E. Vine St.
40°39′49″N 111°53′12″W
Demolished 11 March 2020
13 Ogden Ogden Mar 9, 1901 $25,000 26th St. and Washington Blvd. Opened April 21, 1903; demolished February 10, 1969
14 Panguitch Panguitch Dec 3, 1915 $6,000 75 E. Center St.
37°49′23″N 112°26′01″W
Built c. 1918
15 Parowan Parowan Jan 31, 1913 $6,000 Demolished
16 Price Price Jan 2, 1913 $10,000 159 E. Main St. Finished January 17, 1915. Demolished and replaced by a new library building in 1957
17 Provo Provo Apr 8, 1907 $17,500 15 N. 100 East
40°14′02″N 111°39′25.5″W
Original building completely enclosed by a 1939 WPA-sponsored addition
18 Richfield Richfield Jan 6, 1911 $10,000 83 E. Center St.
38°46′06″N 112°04′57″W
American Craftsman style, dedicated May 14, 1913
19 Richmond Richmond Sep 27, 1912 $8,000 38 W. Main St.
41°55′23″N 111°48′32″W
Classical Revival style, opened October 20, 1914
20 Smithfield Smithfield Jan 7, 1918 $12,000 25 N. Main St.
41°50′14″N 111°49′13″W
Prairie Style, completed in 1921
21 Springville Springville Nov 9, 1916 $10,000 175 S. Main St.
40°09′51″N 111°36′36″W
Prairie Style, opened January 1922. Now a museum
22 St. George St. George Jan 31, 1913 $8,000 Completed in 1916, demolished in 1981
23 Tooele Tooele Jan 5, 1909 $5,000 47 E. Vine St.
40°31′52″N 112°17′48″W
Classical Revival style, opened May 10, 1911. Now a museum

Notes

  1. At various times, Bobinski and Jones disagree on these numbers. In these cases, Jones's 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.

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