List of Carnegie libraries in South Dakota explained

The following list of Carnegie libraries in South Dakota provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in South Dakota, where 25 public libraries were built from 25 grants (totaling $254,000) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1917. In addition, academic libraries were built at 2 institutions (totaling $57,000).

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Public libraries

LibraryCity or
town		ImageDate
granted[1] 		Grant
amount		LocationNotes
align=center 1 Aberdeen Aberdeenalign=right $15,000Open 1902–1950
align=center 2 Armour Armouralign=right $7,500915 Main St.
align=center 3 Britton Brittonalign=right $7,500Open 1921–2002, demolished for school expansion
align=center 4 Brookings Brookingsalign=right $10,000524 4th St.Open 1915–1976, now the Brookings Arts Council
align=center 5 Canton Cantonalign=right $10,000Now a day care center
align=center 6 DallasDallasalign=right $5,000405 Main St.Opened September 18, 1914
align=center 7 Deadwood Deadwoodalign=right $15,000435 Williams St.
align=center 8 Dell Rapids Dell Rapidsalign=right $6,000513 N. Orleans Ave.
align=center 9 Hot Springs Hot Springsalign=right $10,000145 N. Chicago St.Now an insurance office
align=center 10 Huron Huronalign=right $10,000Open 1909–1965
align=center 11 Lake Andesalign=right $5,000500 Main St.Listed on National Register of Historic Places in 2000, still in operation in 2022.
align=center 12 Madison Madisonalign=right $10,000209 E. Center St.
align=center 13 Milbank Milbankalign=right $7,000211 S. 3rd St.Closed 1979, now a museum
align=center 14 Mitchell Mitchellalign=right $12,000119 W. 3rd Ave.Now houses historical and genealogical societies
align=center 15 Pierre Pierrealign=right $12,500Open 1905–1972. Heavily damaged by fire in 1994, demolished 1995
align=center 16 Rapid City Rapid Cityalign=right $12,500604 Kansas City St.
align=center 17 Redfield Redfieldalign=right $10,0005 E. 5th Ave.Opened in 1902
align=center 18 Sioux Falls Sioux Fallsalign=right $30,000235 W. 10th St.Open 1903–1972, now the town hall
align=center 19 Sisseton Sissetonalign=right $7,500215 Oak St. E
align=center 20 Tyndall Tyndallalign=right $7,500110 W. 17th Ave.
align=center 21 Vermillion Vermillionalign=right $10,00012 Church St.
align=center 22 Wagner Wagneralign=right $5,000
align=center 23 Watertown Watertownalign=right $10,00027 1st Ave. SEOpen 1906–1967, now a museum
align=center 24 Wessington Springs Wessington Springsalign=right $7,000109 W. Main St.
align=center 25 Yankton Yanktonalign=right $12,0004th and Capitol Sts.

Academic libraries

InstitutionLocalityImageDate
granted[2] 		Grant
amount		LocationNotes
align=center 1 University of South DakotaVermillionalign=right $40,000350 E. Clark St.Now the National Music Museum
align=center 2 Yankton CollegeYanktonalign=right $17,000About 1048 Douglas Ave.
42.88°N -97.3908°W		Became the Art Building in 1970. Part of Federal Prison Camp, Yankton since 1988

References

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. [#Miller|Miller]

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