List of Carnegie libraries in New York

The following list of Carnegie libraries in New York provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in New York, where 107 public libraries were built from 42 grants (totaling $6,416,821) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1899 to 1917. In addition, academic libraries were built at 3 institutions (totaling $247,949).

Of the 107 public libraries, 66 were built in New York City alone and are listed separately.

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[1]	Grant amount[1]	Location	Notes
1	Amsterdam	Amsterdam		000000001902-02-04-0000Feb 4, 1902	$25,000	28 Church St.
2	Andover	Andover		000000001911-11-21-0000Nov 21, 1911	$5,000	40 Main St.	Opened 1912
3	Binghamton	Binghamton		000000001902-04-26-0000Apr 26, 1902	$75,000	78 Exchange St.	Open 1904–2002
4	Bolivar	Bolivar		000000001909-04-10-0000Apr 10, 1909	$5,000	390 Main St.
5	Canastota	Canastota		000000001902-01-10-0000Jan 10, 1902	$10,000	102 W. Center St.
6	Catskill	Catskill		000000001901-02-02-0000Feb 2, 1901	$20,000	1 Franklin St.
7	Chatham	Chatham		000000001901-08-16-0000Aug 16, 1901	$15,000	11 Woodbridge Ave.
8	Dunkirk	Dunkirk		000000001904-02-20-0000Feb 20, 1904	$25,000	536 Central Ave.
9	Elmira	Elmira		000000001916-01-28-0000Jan 28, 1916	$70,000	101 E. Church St.
10	Fleischmanns	Fleischmanns		1901	$5,000	1017 Main St.
11	Franklinville	Franklinville		000000001914-05-08-0000May 8, 1914	$2,200	5 N. Main St.
12	Fulton	Fulton		000000001902-03-14-0000Mar 14, 1902	$15,000	160 S. 1st St.
13	Gloversville	Gloversville		000000001901-03-08-0000Mar 8, 1901	$50,000	58 E. Fulton St.
14	Hamburg	Hamburg		000000001914-07-23-0000Jul 23, 1914	$5,000
15	Hornell	Hornell		000000001903-01-22-0000Jan 22, 1903	$25,000	64 Genesee St.
16	Johnstown	Johnstown		000000001901-03-06-0000Mar 6, 1901	$16,000	38 S. Market St.
17	Kingston	Kingston		000000001902-04-26-0000Apr 26, 1902	$30,000	55 Franklin St.
18	Lackawanna	Lackawanna		000000001917-05-03-0000May 3, 1917	$30,000	560 Ridge Rd.
19	Mount Vernon	Mount Vernon		000000001901-02-19-0000Feb 19, 1901	$72,000	28 S. 1st Ave.
20	New Rochelle	New Rochelle		000000001901-03-14-0000Mar 14, 1901	$60,000	662 Main St.
21	Niagara Falls	Niagara Falls		000000001901-03-08-0000Mar 8, 1901	$50,000	1022 Main St.
22	North Tonawanda	North Tonawanda		000000001902-12-27-0000Dec 27, 1902	$20,000	240 Goundry St.
23	Northport	Northport		000000001913-05-21-0000May 21, 1913	$10,000	215 Main St.
24	Nyack	Nyack		000000001901-12-21-0000Dec 21, 1901	$15,000	59 S. Broadway
25	Olean	Olean		000000001906-11-27-0000Nov 27, 1906	$40,000	116 S. Union St.
26	Ossining	Ossining		000000001911-12-23-0000Dec 23, 1911	$26,000
27	Patchogue	Patchogue		000000001905-01-08-0000Jan 8, 1905	$15,000		Open 1908–1981, moved to a temporary location in 2012[2][3]
28	Penn Yan	Penn Yan		000000001903-01-06-0000Jan 6, 1903	$10,000	214 Main St.
29	Perry	Perry		000000001912-07-13-0000Jul 13, 1912	$12,000	70 Main St. N.
30	Port Jervis	Port Jervis		000000001901-02-21-0000Feb 21, 1901	$30,000	138 Pike St.
31	Rockville Centre	Rockville Centre		000000001903-12-14-0000Dec 14, 1903	$10,000	12 Clinton Ave.
32	Salamanca	Salamanca		000000001917-02-03-0000Feb 3, 1917	$17,500	41 S. Main St.	Open 1920–1976, now a law office
33	Saugerties	Saugerties		000000001914-09-25-0000Sep 25, 1914	$12,500	91 Washington Ave.
34	Schenectady	Schenectady		000000001901-02-13-0000Feb 13, 1901	$50,000		Open 1903–1970, now Webster House, a dormitory at Union College
35	Solvay	Solvay		000000001903-01-13-0000Jan 13, 1903	$10,000	615 Woods Rd.
36	Syracuse	Syracuse		000000001901-01-15-0000Jan 15, 1901	$200,000	335 Montgomery St.	Open 1905–1988
37	Theresa	Theresa		000000001910-01-18-0000Jan 18, 1910	$7,500	301 Main St.
38	Ticonderoga	Ticonderoga		000000001904-03-08-0000Mar 8, 1904	$7,000	161 Montcalm St.
39	Warsaw	Warsaw		000000001904-02-05-0000Feb 5, 1904	$12,500	130 N. Main St.
40	White Plains	White Plains		000000001904-12-20-0000Dec 20, 1904	$40,000
41	Yonkers	Yonkers		000000001901-03-08-0000Mar 8, 1901	$50,000

Academic libraries

	Institution	Locality	Image	Year granted[4]	Grant amount[4]	Location	Notes
1	Alfred University	Alfred		000000001906-03-26-0000Mar 26, 1906 000000001913-01-02-0000Jan 2, 1913	$10,000 $20,000		Now Carnegie Hall, houses offices
2	Syracuse University	Syracuse		000000001905-03-15-0000Mar 15, 1905	$150,000
3	Wells College	Aurora		000000001908-02-20-0000Feb 20, 1908 000000001922-12-22-0000December 22, 1922	$57,949 $10,000		Open 1911–1968, now Cleveland Hall

Notes

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.