List of Carnegie libraries in Maine

The following list of Carnegie libraries in Maine provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Maine, where 18 public libraries were built from 18 grants (totaling $241,450) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1912. In addition, academic libraries were built at 2 institutions (totaling $70,000).

Auburn
Lewiston

Caribou

Fort
Fairfield

Freeport

Gardiner

Guilford

Houlton

Madison

Milo

Oakland
Waterville

Old Town

Pittsfield

Presque
Isle

Rockland

Rumford

Vinalhaven

GW-H

UMaine

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Maine Carnegie libraries
(: public, : academic, : multiple)

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	Grant amount	Location	Notes
1	Auburn	Auburn		Jan 13, 1903	$25,000	49 Spring St. 44°5′52.59″N 70°13′44.66″W	Opening on August 1, 1904, this William R. Miller of Portland design has been renovated and expanded in 1956, 1978, and 2005.
2	Caribou	Caribou		Mar 21, 1910	$10,000	30 High St. 46°51′39.06″N 68°0′39.69″W	Designed by local architect Schuyler C. Page in the Romanesque Revival style, this library was renovated in the 1960s.
3	Fort Fairfield	Fort Fairfield		Feb 20, 1911	$10,000	339 Main St. 46°46′2.97″N 67°48′0.62″W	Built in 1913, this library added a wing in 1993.
4	Freeport	Freeport		Mar 14, 1905	$6,500	55 Main St. 43°51′19.51″N 70°6′23.15″W	Designed by George Burnham, this library was closed in 1997 when a new library was built. It is now a private business.
5	Gardiner	Gardiner		December 22, 1897	$2,500	152 Water St. 44°13′43.44″N 69°46′15.48″W	Gardiner's grant was to complete an unfinished library. It was designed and begun in 1881 by local architect Henry Richards.
6	Guilford	Guilford		Mar 21, 1908	$5,750	4 Library St. 45°10′14.63″N 69°22′59.89″W	Designed by Bangor architect Frederick A. Patterson, this building was renovated in 1977 and 2002.
7	Houlton	Houlton		Jan 13, 1903	$10,000	107 Main St. 46°7′32.6″N 67°50′9.39″W	This library was designed by architect John Calvin Stevens of Portland in the Colonial Revival style, and it was renovated in 1968 and 1991.
8	Lewiston	Lewiston		Jan 15, 1901	$60,000	200 Lisbon St. 44°5′44.46″N 70°12′57.33″W	A Coombs and Gibbs design, this building was significantly renovated in 1996, including moving the main entrance one block to the west.
9	Madison	Madison		Jun 2, 1904	$8,000	12 Old Point Ave. 44°47′48.09″N 69°52′47.03″W	This building was designed by the Madison architectural firm of Snow & Humphreys.
10	Milo	Milo		Sep 30, 1908	$8,500	4 Pleasant St. 45°15′12.88″N 68°59′10.02″W	Construction for this Frederick A. Patterson of Bangor design (based largely on Plan F from the leaflet distributed by James Bertram, Carnegie's secretary) did not begin until May 1922.
11	Oakland	Oakland		Feb 15, 1912	$10,000	18 Church St. 44°32′46.56″N 69°43′10.34″W	Designed by Harry S. Coombs, this building was expanded in 2002.
12	Old Town	Old Town		Feb 12, 1903	$10,000	46 Middle St. 44°56′7.45″N 68°38′53.25″W	A neoclassical work by New York architect Albert Randolph Ross, this library was expanded in 1991.
13	Pittsfield	Pittsfield		Mar 20, 1903	$10,000	89 S. Main St. 44°46′55.18″N 69°22′59.75″W	Architect Albert Randolph Ross would later use this Beaux-Arts design for the Warsaw, New York library. A Civil War monument was built to coincide with the building's dedication in 1904.
14	Presque Isle	Presque Isle		May 15, 1906	$10,000	39 2nd St. 46°41′0.13″N 68°0′49.85″W	An addition to this Astle and Page of Houlton work in 1967 significantly changed the look of this library.
15	Rockland	Rockland		Apr 11, 1902	$20,000	80 Union St. 44°6′19.05″N 69°6′43.67″W	Opening April 26, 1904, this Clough and Wardner of Boston-designed library was notably visited by President Taft in 1910.
16	Rumford	Rumford		Jan 22, 1903	$10,000	58 Rumford Ave. 44°32′49.57″N 70°32′56.93″W	Designed by John Calvin Stevens of Portland, this Romanesque Revival building had a large addition completed in 1969.
17	Vinalhaven	Vinalhaven		Apr 22, 1906	$5,200	1 Carver St. 44°2′58.95″N 68°49′52.37″W	This building was dedicated August 15, 1907. Designed by Clough and Wardner of Boston, it is in the Prairie School style.
18	Waterville	Waterville		Apr 28, 1902	$20,000	73 Elm St. 44°33′4.59″N 69°37′55.05″W	The work of Lewiston architect William R. Miller, this building has been renovated twice.

Academic libraries

	Institution	Locality	Image	Year granted	Grant amount	Location	Notes
1	Good Will Home Association	Fairfield		Mar 30, 1905	$15,000	Hinckley campus 44°40′39.68″N 69°38′0.07″W	Designed by Albert Randolph Ross, this library was dedicated May 29, 1907. It is now part of the Good Will-Hinckley campus.
2	University of Maine	Orono		Feb 7, 1905	$55,000	Carnegie Hall 44°53′52.84″N 68°40′16.12″W	Designed in the Greek Revival style, this building was a library until 1947. It now houses the Virtual Environment and Multimodal Interaction (VEMI) Laboratory.

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.

External links

• New England Carnegies