The following list of Carnegie libraries in Texas provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Texas, where 32 public libraries were built from 30 grants (totaling $649,500) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1898 to 1915. In addition, an academic library was built at Wiley University in Marshall from a $15,000 grant awarded March 26, 1906.
Today 13 of these buildings survive, with 10 listed on the National Register of Historic Places. They were often designed by the leading Texas architects of the day. For example, the now-demolished main libraries in Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio were works by James Riely Gordon, the master architect of county courthouses.
| Library | City or town | Image | Date granted[1] | Grant amount | Location | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | Abilene | Abilene | align=right | $17,500 | Building demolished in 1958 | |||||
| align=center | 2 | Ballinger | Ballinger | align=right | $17,500 | 204 N 8th St | Still a public library | ||||
| align=center | 3 | Belton | Belton | align=right | $10,000 | 201 N Main St | Now the Bell County Museum | ||||
| align=center | 4 | Brownwood | Brownwood | align=right | $15,000 | Building demolished in 1965 | |||||
| align=center | 5 | Bryan | Bryan | align=right | $10,000 | 111 S Main St | Now the Carnegie History Center | ||||
| align=center | 6 | Clarksville | Clarksville | align=right | $10,000 | Building destroyed by fire in 1980 | |||||
| align=center | 7 | Cleburne | Cleburne | align=right | $20,000 | 201 N Caddo St | Now the Layland Museum | ||||
| align=center | 8 | Corsicana | Corsicana | align=right | $25,000 | Building demolished in 1967 | |||||
| align=center | 9 | Dallas Main | Dallas | align=right | $76,000 | Commerce & Harwood Streets | Building demolished in 1954 | ||||
| align=center | 10 | Dallas Branch | Dallas | align=right | — | Building demolished | |||||
| align=center | 11 | El Paso | align=right | $37,500 | Building demolished in 1968 | ||||||
| align=center | 12 | Fort Worth | Fort Worth | align=right | $50,000 | W 9th St and Throckmorton St | Building demolished in 1937 | ||||
| align=center | 13 | Franklin | Franklin | align=right | $7,500 | 315 E Decherd | Now the Robertson County Public Library | ||||
| align=center | 14 | Gainesville | Gainesville | align=right | $15,000 | 201 S Denton St | Now the Butterfield Stage | ||||
| align=center | 15 | Greenville | Greenville | align=right | $15,000 | Building demolished in 1953 | |||||
| align=center | 16 | Houston Main | Houston | align=right | $65,000 | Building demolished | |||||
| align=center | 17 | Houston Segregated | Houston | align=right | $15,000 | Frederick St. and Robin St. (later replatted, the area is now Two Allen Center) | Building demolished in 1970s | ||||
| align=center | 18 | Jefferson | Jefferson | align=right | $10,000 | 301 W Lafayette | Still the Jefferson Carnegie Library | ||||
| align=center | 19 | Memphis | Memphis | align=right | $10,000 | Building demolished in mid-1980s | |||||
| align=center | 20 | Palestine | Palestine | align=right | $15,000 | 502 N Queen St | After a 38-year hiatus, it will resume service as the Palestine Public Library in June 2023 | ||||
| align=center | 21 | Pecos | Pecos | align=right | $9,000 | Building demolished in early 1960s | |||||
| align=center | 22 | Pittsburg | Pittsburg | align=right | $5,000 | The eighth library in the US to be commissioned by Carnegie and only the second outside of Southwestern Pennsylvania. Building destroyed by fire in 1939 | |||||
| align=center | 23 | San Antonio | San Antonio | align=right | $70,000 | Building demolished | |||||
| align=center | 24 | Sherman | Sherman | align=right | $20,000 | 301 S Walnut | Now The Sherman Museum | ||||
| align=center | 25 | Stamford | Stamford | align=right | $15,000 | 600 E McHarg St | Still the Stamford Carnegie Library | ||||
| align=center | 26 | Sulphur Springs | Sulphur Springs | align=right | $12,000 | 100 Jefferson St W | Now Alliance Bank | ||||
| align=center | 27 | Temple | Temple | align=right | $15,000 | Building destroyed by fire in 1918 | |||||
| align=center | 28 | Terrell | Terrell | align=right | $10,000 | 207 N Frances St | Now the Terrell Heritage Museum | ||||
| align=center | 29 | Tyler | Tyler | align=right | $15,000 | 125 S College St | Now the Smith County History Center | ||||
| align=center | 30 | Vernon | Vernon | align=right | $12,500 | Building demolished in late 1970s | |||||
| align=center | 31 | Waco | Waco | align=right | $30,000 | Building demolished | |||||
| align=center | 32 | Winnsboro | Winnsboro | align=right | $10,000 | Building demolished in 1967 |
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.