List of Carnegie libraries in Massachusetts

The following list of Carnegie libraries in Massachusetts provides information on Carnegie public libraries in Massachusetts, where 43 of them were built from 1901 to 1917, funded by 35 grants totaling $1,137,500 and awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Massachusetts Carnegie libraries were also built at five academic institutions at a cost of $513,846.

Key edit

  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 edit

	Library	City or town	Date granted^[1]	Grant amount^[1]^[2]	Location	Notes
1	Ashland	Ashland	Feb 20, 1903	$10,000	66 Front St.
2	Athol	Athol	Mar 14, 1902	$22,000	568 Main St.
3	Berkley	Berkley	Feb 6, 1915	$5,000	1 N. Main St.
4	Brockton	Brockton	Apr 16, 1910	$110,000	304 Main St.
5	Chelsea	Chelsea	Jul 20, 1908	$60,000	569 Broadway
6	Clinton	Clinton	Mar 8, 1901	$25,000	54 Walnut St.
7	Dighton	Dighton	Feb 15, 1905	$6,000	395 Main St.
8	Edgartown	Edgartown	Apr 26, 1902	$4,000	58 N. Water St.
9	Granby	Granby	Mar 31, 1916	$5,000	Library Ln.
10	Holliston	Holliston	Jan 6, 1903	$10,000	752 Washington St.
11	Hudson	Hudson	Jan 6, 1903	$12,500	3 Washington St.
12	Lakeville	Lakeville	Jul 13, 1912	$5,000	241 Main St.
13	Lee	Lee	Nov 25, 1903	$12,000	100 Main St.
14	Leominster	Leominster	Dec 24, 1906	$27,500	30 West St.	Hartwell, Richardson & Driver, architects.
15	Lynn Haywood	Lynn	Mar 16, 1915	$50,000	270 Broadway	Now a subdivided commercial building.
16	Lynn Houghton	Lynn	Mar 16, 1915	—	833 Western Ave.	No longer a library.
17	Marlborough	Marlborough	Apr 26, 1902	$30,000	35 W. Main St.	Peabody & Stearns, architects.
18	Melrose	Melrose	Dec 30, 1901	$25,000	69 W. Emerson St.
19	Millbury	Millbury	Mar 16, 1915	$12,500	128 Elm St.
20	Needham	Needham	Jan 13, 1903	$10,000	968 Highland Ave.	Opened in 1904, replaced in 1914, old building demolished in the 1960s
21	New Marlborough	New Marlborough	Feb 3, 1917	$5,000		Burned down Jun 16, 1996
22	Reading	Reading	Jan 2, 1902	$15,000	16 Lowell St.	Now part of the town hall
23	Revere	Revere	Oct 3, 1901	$20,000	179 Beach St.
24	Rockland	Rockland	Jan 13, 1903	$12,500	20 Belmont St.
25	Rockport	Rockport	Jun 18, 1903	$10,000	18 Jewett St.	Now a private residence
26	Saugus	Saugus	Nov 9, 1916	$17,000		Demolished in the 1990s
27	Sharon	Sharon	Mar 14, 1913	$10,000	11 N. Main St.
28	Somerville Central	Somerville	Apr 8, 1907	$123,000	79 Highland Ave.
29	Somerville East	Somerville	Apr 8, 1907	—	115 Broadway
30	Somerville West	Somerville	Apr 8, 1907	—	40 College Ave.
31	South Hadley	South Hadley	Dec 8, 1905	$10,000	27 Bardwell St.
32	Springfield Central	Springfield	Mar 30, 1905	$260,000	220 State St.
33	Springfield Forest Park	Springfield	Mar 30, 1905	—	380 Belmont Ave.
34	Springfield Indian Orchard	Springfield	Mar 30, 1905	—	44 Oak St.
35	Springfield Memorial Square	Springfield	Mar 30, 1905	—	22 St. George Rd.
36	Stoneham	Stoneham	Jan 13, 1903	$15,000	431 Main St.
37	Taunton	Taunton	Apr 26, 1902	$70,000	12 Pleasant St.
38	Turners Falls	Turners Falls	Mar 27, 1903	$13,500	201 Avenue A
39	Walpole	Walpole	Jul 16, 1901	$15,000	65 Common St.	Library moved out in 2012; building sold.
40	West Springfield	West Springfield	Sep 20, 1915	$25,000	200 Park St.
41	Worcester Frances Perkins	Worcester	Jul 1, 1910	$75,000	470 W. Boylston St.	Greendale Branch Library
42	Worcester Quinsigamond	Worcester	Jul 1, 1910	—	812 Millbury St.
43	Worcester South Worcester	Worcester	Jul 1, 1910	—	705 Southbridge St.

Academic libraries edit

	Institution	Locality	Year granted^[3]	Grant amount^[3]	Location	Notes
1	Mount Holyoke College	South Hadley	Dec 31, 1903	$50,000	Mount Holyoke College campus	Williston Memorial Library
2	Radcliffe College	Cambridge	Mar 31, 1905	$73,900	10 Garden Street/Radcliffe Yard	Schlesinger Library
3	Smith College	Northampton	Jul 13, 1905	$62,500	Smith College campus	Neilson Library
4	Tufts College	Medford	Dec 19, 1904	$100,000	Tufts University campus	Eaton Hall (no longer functions as a library)
5	Wellesley College	Wellesley	Mar 31, 1905 Jan 6, 1915	$132,000 $95,446	Wellesley College campus	Margaret Clapp Library

Notes edit

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ Grants for multiple libraries (Lynn, Somerville, Springfield, and Worcester) are listed only by their total amount, not broken down for each branch.
^ ^a ^b Miller, pp. 38–40

References edit

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.

[a-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] Grants for multiple libraries (Lynn, Somerville, Springfield, and Worcester) are listed only by their total amount, not broken down for each branch.

[Miller-3] Miller, pp. 38–40

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