The following list of Carnegie libraries in North Dakota provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in North Dakota, where 8 public libraries were built from 8 grants (totaling $132,700) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1916. In addition, academic libraries were built at 3 institutions (totaling $68,400).
Library | City or town | Image | Date granted[1] | Grant amount | Location | Notes | |||||
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align=center | 1 | style=background-color:#F2CEF2; | Bismarck | Bismarck | align=right | $25,000 | Thayer Ave. and 6th St. 46.8077°N -100.7838°W | Opened in July 1918, this library closed in 1963. It was eventually demolished in 1980.[2] | |||
align=center | 2 | style=background-color:#EEF2CE; | Devils Lake | Devils Lake | align=right | $12,500 | 623 4th Ave. 48.1147°N -98.8603°W | After opening January 21, 1910, this library operated until November 26, 2003, when a new facility opened. It now houses private businesses. | |||
[3] align=center | 3 | style=background-color:#CEF2CE; | Dickinson | Dickinson | align=right | $12,500 | 139 3rd St., W. 46.8819°N -102.7871°W | Opening January 3, 1910, this library has undergone extensive additions and renovations but remains in the same building.[4] | |||
align=center | 4 | style=background-color:#F2CEF2; | Fargo | Fargo | align=right | $20,000 | 625 2nd Ave. N. 46.8798°N -96.7886°W | After opening on January 26, 1903, this library served Fargo until 1968. It was razed in 1970.[5] | |||
align=center | 5 | style=background-color:#CEF2CE; | Grafton | align=right | $10,000 | 49 W. 7th St. 48.4177°N -97.4125°W | [6] | ||||
align=center | 6 | style=background-color:#F2CEF2; | Grand Forks | Grand Forks | align=right | $22,700 | Corner of N 5th St and Alpha/1st Avenue. | Closed in 1972 and razed when new library built. | |||
align=center | 7 | style=background-color:#EEF2CE; | Minot | align=right | $15,000 | 105 2nd Ave., SE 48.2347°N -101.2908°W | |||||
align=center | 8 | style=background-color:#CEF2CE; | Valley City | align=right | $15,000 | 410 Central Ave. N. 46.9264°N -98.0031°W |
Institution | Locality | Image | Year granted[7] | Grant amount | Location | Notes | ||||
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align=center | 1 | style=background-color:#F2CEF2; | Fargo College | Fargo | align=right | $20,000 | Front St. and S. Broadway St. 46.8744°N -96.788°W | The cornerstone for this library was ceremonially laid by former President Theodore Roosevelt on September 5, 1910. Fargo College was closed in 1922, however, and the library was razed in 1964.[8] | ||
align=center | 2 | North Dakota Agricultural College | Fargo | align=right | $18,400 | 1349 12th Ave. North | Now called Putnam Hall. | |||
align=center | 3 | University of North Dakota | Grand Forks | align=right | $30,000 | 250 Centennial Dr. | Now called Carnegie Hall. |
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.