The following list of Carnegie libraries in Kansas provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Kansas, where 59 public libraries were built from 58 grants (totaling $874,996) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1900 to 1916. In addition, academic libraries were built at 7 institutions (totaling $195,500).
| Library | City or town | Image | Date granted[1] | Grant amount[2] | Location | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | Abilene | Abilene | $12,500 | 209 NW 4th St. | ||||
| align=center | 2 | Anthony | Anthony | $10,000 | 104 N. Springfield Ave. 37.1528°N -98.0019°W | ||||
| align=center | 3 | Arkansas City | Arkansas City | $18,400 | 215 W. 5th Ave. | ||||
| align=center | 4 | Burlington | Burlington | $9,656 | 201 N. 3rd St. 38.1961°N -95.7336°W | ||||
| align=center | 5 | Caldwell | Caldwell | $7,000 | 13 N. Osage St. 37.0328°N -97.6094°W | ||||
| align=center | 6 | Canton | Canton | $6,000 | 300 N. Main St. 38.3881°N -97.4264°W | Built in 1921, the last-built Carnegie library in the United States. Continues to be used as a public library. (2013) | |||
| align=center | 7 | Chanute | Chanute | $14,500 | 102 S. Lincoln Ave. | ||||
| align=center | 8 | Cherryvale | Cherryvale | $10,000 | 329 E. Main St. 37.2669°N -95.5486°W | Continues to be used as a public library. (2013) | |||
| align=center | 9 | Clay Center | Clay Center | $10,000 | 706 6th St. 39.3767°N -97.1239°W | ||||
| align=center | 10 | Coffeyville | Coffeyville | $25,000 | 415 W. 8th St. 37.0358°N -95.6231°W | No longer a public library. (2013) | |||
| align=center | 11 | Columbus | Columbus | $10,000 | 205 N. Kansas Ave. 37.1728°N -94.8433°W | Continues to be used as a public library. (2013) | |||
| align=center | 12 | Concordia | Concordia | $10,000 | 635 Broadway | Replaced by Frank Carlson Library, building is used for Cloud County Historical Museum | |||
| align=center | 13 | Council Grove | Council Grove | $10,000 | 303 W. Main St. 38.6597°N -96.4936°W | Currently is the Morris County Historical Society | |||
| align=center | 14 | Dodge City | Dodge City | $8,500 | 701 N. 2nd Ave. 37.7547°N -100.0189°W | Currently is the Carnegie Art Center | |||
| align=center | 15 | Downs | Downs | $6,140 | 504 S. Morgan Ave. 39.5039°N -98.5444°W | ||||
| align=center | 16 | El Dorado | El Dorado | $10,000 | 101 S. Star St. 37.8167°N -96.8547°W | No longer used as a public library building. (2013) | |||
| align=center | 17 | Emporia | Emporia | $22,000 | 118 E. 6th St. 38.4053°N -96.1778°W | ||||
| align=center | 18 | Eureka | Eureka | $9,000 | 520 N. Main St. 37.8247°N -96.2897°W | ||||
| align=center | 19 | Fort Scott | Fort Scott | $18,000 | 201 S. National Ave. 37.8403°N -94.7064°W | Continues to be used as a public library. (2013) | |||
| align=center | 20 | Garden City | Garden City | $10,000 | 702 N. Main St. | ||||
| align=center | 21 | Girard | Girard | $9,000 | 128 W. Prairie St. 37.5103°N -94.845°W | Continues to be used as a public library. (2013) | |||
| align=center | 22 | Goodland | Goodland | $10,000 | 120 W. 12th St. 39.3472°N -101.7128°W | ||||
| align=center | 23 | Great Bend | Great Bend | $12,500 | |||||
| align=center | 24 | Halstead | Halstead | $7,500 | |||||
| align=center | 25 | Hays | Hays | $9,000 | By 1964, all space was crammed. The building was replaced on December 8, 1968, to allow to the growing collection. The current Hays Public Library, built in 2004, stands in the same location and the exterior is a replication of the original Carnegie Library.[3] | ||||
| align=center | 26 | Herington | Herington | $10,000 | 102 S. Broadway 38.6681°N -96.9417°W | ||||
| align=center | 27 | Hiawatha | Hiawatha | $10,000 | 431 Oregon St. | ||||
| align=center | 28 | Hutchinson | Hutchinson | $32,000 | 427 N. Main St. 38.0597°N -97.9308°W | ||||
| align=center | 29 | Independence | Independence | $22,500 | 220 E. Maple St. 37.2236°N -95.7033°W | Continues to be used as a public library. (2013) | |||
| align=center | 30 | Iola | Iola | $15,000 | |||||
| align=center | 31 | Kansas City Main | Kansas City | $100,000 | |||||
| align=center | 32 | Kansas City Argentine | Kansas City | $25,000 | 2800 Metropolitan Ave. 39.0742°N -94.6608°W | ||||
| align=center | 33 | Kingman | Kingman | $10,000 | 455 N. Main St. 37.6458°N -98.1131°W | ||||
| align=center | 34 | Lawrence | Lawrence | $27,500 | 200 W. 9th St. 38.9678°N -95.2375°W | ||||
| align=center | 35 | Leavenworth | Leavenworth | $30,000 | 601 S. 5th St. 39.3133°N -94.9153°W | ||||
| align=center | 36 | Lincoln | Lincoln | $6,000 | 203 S. 3rd St. 39.0392°N -98.1447°W | Continues to be used as a public library. (2013) | |||
| align=center | 37 | Lyndon | Lyndon | $8,000 | 127 E. 6th St. 38.6075°N -95.6828°W | ||||
| align=center | 38 | Lyons | Lyons | $6,000 | 105 W. Lyon St. | ||||
| align=center | 39 | Manhattan | Manhattan | $10,000 | 105 Courthouse Plaza 39.1786°N -96.5653°W | ||||
| align=center | 40 | McPherson | McPherson | $12,500 | |||||
| align=center | 41 | Newton | Newton | $160,000 | 203 Main St. 38.0442°N -97.345°W | Currently is the Harvey County Historical Museum | |||
| align=center | 42 | Olathe | Olathe | $10,000 | |||||
| align=center | 43 | Osawatomie | Osawatomie | $7,500 | |||||
| align=center | 44 | Osborne | Osborne | $6,000 | 307 N. Main St. 39.4378°N -98.6986°W | ||||
| align=center | 45 | Oswego | Oswego | $5,000 | 701 4th St. 37.1669°N -95.1075°W | Continues to be used as a public library. (2013) | |||
| align=center | 46 | Ottawa | Ottawa | $15,000 | 515 S. Main St. 38.6042°N -95.2619°W | No longer used as a public library. (2013) | |||
| align=center | 47 | Parsons | Parsons | $22,500 | 117 S. 17th St. 37.3397°N -95.2608°W | No longer used as a public library. (2013) | |||
| align=center | 48 | Peabody | Peabody | $10,000 | 214 N. Walnut St. 38.1672°N -97.1067°W | Continues to be used as a public library (as of 2022). | |||
| align=center | 49 | Pittsburg | Pittsburg | $40,000 | 308 N. Walnut St. 37.4111°N -94.7072°W | ||||
| align=center | 50 | Plainville | Plainville | $5,000 | |||||
| align=center | 51 | Russell | Russell | $5,800 | |||||
| align=center | 52 | Salina | Salina | $15,000 | |||||
| align=center | 53 | Sterling | Sterling | $10,000 | 138 N. Broadway Ave. 38.2106°N -98.2069°W | ||||
| align=center | 54 | Stockton | Stockton | $5,000 | 124 N. Cedar St. | ||||
| align=center | 55 | Washington | Washington | $5,000 | |||||
| align=center | 56 | Wellington | Wellington | $17,500 | 121 W. 7th St. 37.2675°N -97.3989°W | ||||
| align=center | 57 | Wichita | Wichita | $75,000 | 220 S. Main St. 37.6872°N -97.3392°W | For half a century, the building was a library. It later became a municipal court building and then the Wichita Omnisphere and Science Center. As of 2015 it is the commercial bankers division of Fidelity Bank. It is not open to the public.[4] | |||
| align=center | 58 | Winfield | Winfield | $15,000 | 1001 Millington St. 37.2386°N -96.9964°W | ||||
| align=center | 59 | Yates Center | Yates Center | $7,500 | 218 N. Main St. 37.8833°N -95.7317°W |
| Institution | Locality | Image | Year granted[5] | Grant amount | Location | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | Baker University | Baldwin City | align=right | $37,000 | 604 8th St. 38.7775°N -95.1889°W | |||||
| align=center | 2 | Bethany College | Lindsborg | align=right | $20,000 | ||||||
| align=center | 3 | College of Emporia (defunct) | Emporia | align=right | $30,000 | 1300 W. 12th Ave. 38.4128°N -96.1939°W | Andrew Carnegie provided funds to build this Anderson Memorial Library in memory of John Anderson, a former board of trustee of this college. When Anderson lived in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, he opened his book collection to working boys, including a young Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie publicly credited Anderson with instilling a love of books and self-education that later enabled Carnegie to build an empire and inspired him to establish an endowment to build libraries throughout the nation. This building was the first Carnegie grant in Kansas, though the Leavenworth library was the first dedicated in Kansas.[6] [7] | ||||
| align=center | 4 | Fairmount College (Wichita State University) | Wichita | align=right | $40,000 | West of Fiske Hall 37.7171°N -97.2967°W | Library 1909–1939, Art and Journalism 1939–1964, fire destroyed this building in 1964. Three columns from the former building currently sit next to a 17th street entrance at WSU. The Ulrich Museum of Art currently sits on the former site of this building.[8] | ||||
| align=center | 5 | McPherson College | McPherson | align=right | $13,500 | Library 1907–1972, now Beeghly Hall | |||||
| align=center | 6 | Midland College | Atchison | align=right | $15,000 | ||||||
| align=center | 7 | Washburn College | Topeka | align=right | $40,000 | 1675 SW 18th St. 39.0356°N -95.7008°W |
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. Reader discretion is advised.