The following list of Carnegie libraries in Alabama provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Alabama, where 14 public libraries were built from 14 grants (totaling $195,800) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1916. In addition, academic libraries were built at 5 institutions (totaling $94,040).
Library | City or town | Image | Date granted | Grant amount | Location | Notes | |||||
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align=center | 1 | Anniston | Anniston | align=right | $20,000 | Wilmer Ave. & E 10th St. 33.6572°N -85.8284°W | Open 1918–1965 | ||||
align=center | 2 | Avondale | Avondale | align=right | $10,000 | Open 1908–1961 | |||||
align=center | 3 | Bessemer | Bessemer | align=right | $10,000 | 321 18th St. N 33.4023°N -86.9547°W | |||||
align=center | 4 | Decatur | Decatur | align=right | $12,000 | 207 Church St. NE 34.6125°N -86.982°W | Open 1904–1976 | ||||
align=center | 5 | Ensley | Ensley | align=right | $10,000 | Corner of Avenue H and 18th St. | Open 1906–1955 | ||||
align=center | 6 | Eufaula Carnegie Library | Eufaula | align=right | $10,000 | 217 N Eufaula Ave. 31.8968°N -85.1457°W | Contributing building in Seth Lore and Irwinton Historic District | ||||
align=center | 7 | Gadsden | Gadsden | align=right | $10,000 | 701 Forrest Ave. 34.0225°N -86.0455°W | Open 1906–1964 | ||||
align=center | 8 | Huntsville | Huntsville | align=right | $12,500 | Open 1916–1966 | |||||
align=center | 9 | Montgomery | Montgomery | align=right | $50,000 | 100 S Lawrence St. 32.3769°N -86.3062°W | |||||
align=center | 10 | Selma | Selma | align=right | $11,800 | 912 Selma Avenue 32.4082°N -87.0218°W | |||||
align=center | 11 | Talladega | Talladega | align=right | $12,500 | 200 South St. E 33.4338°N -86.0998°W | |||||
align=center | 12 | Troy | Troy | align=right | $10,000 | 306 E Academy St. 31.81°N -85.9691°W | |||||
align=center | 13 | Union Springs | Union Springs | align=right | $7,000 | 103 Prairie St. N 32.1413°N -85.7161°W | |||||
align=center | 14 | West End | West End | align=right | $10,000 | Tuscaloosa Ave. SW & 13th St. SW 33.4936°N -86.8535°W | Open 1912–1962 |
Institution | City or town | Image | Date granted[1] | Grant amount | Location | Notes | |||||
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align=center | 1 | Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University | Normal | align=right | $16,540 | Buchanan Way 34.7847°N -86.5694°W | |||||
align=center | 2 | Alabama Polytechnic Institute | Auburn | align=right | $30,000 | W. Thatch Avenue 32.6039°N -85.4837°W | Now Martin Hall, houses offices | ||||
align=center | 3 | Judson College | Marion | align=right | $12,500 | Now Bean Hall, houses Alabama Women's Hall of Fame | |||||
align=center | 4 | Talladega College | Talladega | align=right | $15,000 | Burned in 1963 | |||||
align=center | 5 | Tuskegee University | Tuskegee | align=right | $20,000 | Open 1901–1932, now houses offices |
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.