List of Carnegie libraries in New York explained

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

Public libraries

	Library	City or town	Image	Date granted^[1]	Grant amount	Location	Notes
align=center	1		Amsterdam				align=right	$25,000	28 Church St.	Construction began 1902, opened 1903
align=center	2		Andover	Andover			align=right	$5,000	40 Main St.	Opened 1912
align=center	3		Binghamton	Binghamton			align=right	$75,000	78 Exchange St.	Open 1904–2002
align=center	4			Bolivar			align=right	$5,000	390 Main St.	Opened 1910
align=center	5		Canastota	Canastota			align=right	$10,000	102 W. Center St.
align=center	6		Catskill	Catskill			align=right	$20,000	1 Franklin St.
align=center	7		Chatham	Chatham			align=right	$15,000	11 Woodbridge Ave	Opened 1905
align=center	8		Dunkirk	Dunkirk			align=right	$25,000	536 Central Ave.
align=center	9		Elmira	Elmira			align=right	$70,000	400 E. Church St.	The new Steele Library at 101 E. Church opened in 1979.
align=center	10		Fleischmanns	Fleischmanns		1901	align=right	$5,000	1017 Main St.
align=center	11		Franklinville	Franklinville			align=right	$2,200	5 N. Main St.
align=center	12		Fulton	Fulton			align=right	$15,000	160 S. 1st St.
align=center	13		Gloversville	Gloversville			align=right	$50,000	58 E. Fulton St.
align=center	14		Hamburg	Hamburg			align=right	$5,000	102 Buffalo St.
align=center	15		Hornell	Hornell			align=right	$25,000	64 Genesee St.
align=center	16		Johnstown	Johnstown			align=right	$16,000	38 S. Market St.	Construction started in 1902.
align=center	17			Kingston			align=right	$30,000	55 Franklin St.
align=center	18		Lackawanna	Lackawanna			align=right	$30,000	560 Ridge Rd.
align=center	19		Mount Vernon	Mount Vernon			align=right	$72,000	28 S. 1st Ave.
align=center	20		New Rochelle	New Rochelle			align=right	$60,000	662 Main St.
align=center	21		Niagara Falls	Niagara Falls			align=right	$50,000	1022 Main St.
align=center	22		North Tonawanda	North Tonawanda			align=right	$20,000	240 Goundry St.
align=center	23		Northport	Northport			align=right	$10,000	215 Main St.
align=center	24			Nyack			align=right	$15,000	59 S. Broadway
align=center	25		Olean	Olean			align=right	$40,000	116 S. Union St.
align=center	26		Ossining	Ossining			align=right	$26,000
align=center	27		Patchogue	Patchogue			align=right	$15,000	160 W. Main St.	Open 1908–1981, moved to a temporary location in 2012.^[2] ^[3] Moved to current location in 2013, re-opened in 2016 as Teen Center at the Patchogue-Medford Carnegie Library.
align=center	28		Penn Yan	Penn Yan			align=right	$10,000	214 Main St.
align=center	29		Perry	Perry			align=right	$12,000	70 Main St. N.
align=center	30		Port Jervis	Port Jervis			align=right	$30,000	138 Pike St.
align=center	31		Rockville Centre	Rockville Centre			align=right	$10,000	11 Clinton Ave.
align=center	32		Salamanca	Salamanca			align=right	$17,500	45 S. Main St.	Open 1920–1976, now a law office
align=center	33		Saugerties	Saugerties			align=right	$12,500	91 Washington Ave.
align=center	34		Schenectady	Schenectady			align=right	$50,000		Open 1903–1970, now Webster House, a dormitory at Union College
align=center	35		Solvay	Solvay			align=right	$10,000	615 Woods Rd.
align=center	36		Syracuse	Syracuse			align=right	$200,000	335 Montgomery St.	Open 1905–1988
align=center	37		Theresa	Theresa			align=right	$7,500	301 Main St.
align=center	38		Ticonderoga	Ticonderoga			align=right	$7,000	161 Montcalm St.
align=center	39		Warsaw	Warsaw			align=right	$12,500	130 N. Main St.
align=center	40		White Plains	White Plains			align=right	$40,000
align=center	41		Yonkers	Yonkers			align=right	$50,000

Academic libraries

	Institution	Locality	Image	Year granted^[4]	Grant amount	Location	Notes
align=center	1		Alfred University	Alfred			align=right	$10,000 $20,000		Renamed Jordan Hall in 2021, houses Alfred University administration and finance offices
align=center	2		Syracuse University	Syracuse			align=right	$150,000		One of the Comstock Tract Buildings
align=center	3		Wells College	Aurora			align=right	$57,949 $10,000		Open 1911–1968, now Cleveland Hall

References

• Book: Anderson, Florence. Carnegie Corporation Library Program 1911–1961. Carnegie Corporation. New York. 1963. 1282382. Anderson.
• Book: Bobinski, George S.. Carnegie Libraries: Their History and Impact on American Public Library Development. American Library Association. Chicago. 1969. 0-8389-0022-4. Bobinski.
• Book: Jones, Theodore. Carnegie Libraries Across America. John Wiley & Sons. New York. 1997. 0-471-14422-3. Jones.
• Book: Miller, Durand R.. Carnegie Grants for Library Buildings, 1890-1917. Carnegie Corporation of New York. New York. 1943. 2603611. Miller.

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.

Notes and References

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. http://patchogue.patch.com/articles/carnegie-library-moving-wednesday "Carnegie Library Moving Wednesday," by Michael Sorrentino (Patchogue Patch)
3. Web site: The Carnegie Library Move (Greater Patchogue Historical Society) . 2013-01-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130921232922/http://greaterpatchoguehistoricalsociety.com/index.php?id=97 . 2013-09-21 . dead .
4. [#Miller|Miller]