The following list of Carnegie libraries in North Carolina provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in North Carolina, where 10 public libraries were built from 9 grants (totaling $165,696) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1917. In addition, academic libraries were built at 6 institutions (totaling $127,868).
| Library | City or town | Image | Date granted[1] | Grant amount[2] | Location | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | Andrews | Andrews | align=right | $5,000 | Demolished in 1979 to make room for a new library. | |||||
| align=center | 2 | Charlotte | Charlotte | align=right | $40,000 | 310 N. Tryon St. | Demolished in 1954. New library building opened on the same site in 1956 and a third in 1989. | ||||
| align=center | 3 | Durham | Durham | align=right | $32,000 | 311 E. Main St. | Closed in 1980. Building was renovated in 1984 and now houses offices. | ||||
| align=center | 4 | Greensboro Main | Greensboro | align=right | $40,446 | ||||||
| align=center | 5 | Greensboro Carnegie Branch | Greensboro | align=right | — | 900 E. Washington St. | Carnegie Negro Library, built 1924, now part of Bennett College campus | ||||
| align=center | 6 | Hendersonville | Hendersonville | align=right | $10,000 | 4th Ave. and King St. | Closed in 1970, now houses the Henderson County Partnership for Economic Development. | ||||
| align=center | 7 | Hickory | Hickory | align=right | $13,250 | 415 1st Ave. NW | Closed in 1952 | ||||
| align=center | 8 | Murphy | Murphy | align=right | $7,500 | 87 Peachtree St. | Now a museum | ||||
| align=center | 9 | Rutherford College | Rutherford College | align=right | $2,500 | ||||||
| align=center | 10 | Winston-Salem | Winston-Salem | align=right | $15,000 | 211 W. 3rd St. | Closed 1954, now a church |
| Institution | Locality | Image | Year granted[3] | Grant amount | Location | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | Biddle University | Charlotte | align=right | $12,500 | 100 Beatties Ford Rd. | Closed in 1969, now houses student services | ||||
| align=center | 2 | Davidson College | Davidson | align=right | $20,000 | 101 Dormitory Dr. | Built 1910, closed in 1941, now college guesthouse | ||||
| align=center | 3 | Guilford College | Greensboro | align=right | $9,000 | 5800 W. Friendly Ave. | Built in 1910 | ||||
| align=center | 4 | Livingstone College | Salisbury | align=right | $12,500 | 701 W. Monroe St. | Built in 1908 | ||||
| align=center | 5 | State Normal and Industrial College (now UNC Greensboro) | Greensboro | align=right | $18,868 | 401 College Ave. | Closed c.1950, now the Forney Building, houses IT services | ||||
| align=center | 6 | University of North Carolina | Chapel Hill | align=right | $55,000 | Closed in 1929, now called Hill Hall, music department facilities |
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.