List of Carnegie libraries in Vermont explained

The following list of Carnegie libraries in Vermont provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Vermont, where 4 public libraries were built from 4 grants (totaling $80,000) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1911. In addition, one academic library was built.

Key

Public libraries

	Library	Town	Image	Date granted^[1]	Grant amount	Location	Notes^[2] ^[3]
align=center	1		Fletcher Free Library	Burlington			align=right	$50,000	235 College St. 44.4775°N -73.2101°W	Designed by architect Walter R. B. Willcox of Burlington. This building opened on August 17, 1904. In the late 1970s a large grant was awarded to repair the building, which was later expanded in 1981.^[4]
align=center	2		Fair Haven Public Library	Fair Haven			align=right	$8,000	107 N. Main St. 43.5974°N -73.2622°W	Designed by architects McLean & Wright of Boston.^[5] This building opened on March 18, 1908, and was expanded in 1997.
align=center	3		Morristown Centennial Library	Morristown			align=right	$7,000	7 Richmond St. 44.563°N -72.5956°W	This building opened in July 1913, and an expansion was finished in spring 2013.^[6]
align=center	4		Rockingham Free Public Library	Rockingham			align=right	$15,000	65 Westminster St. 43.1681°N -72.4452°W	Designed by architects Henry M. Francis & Sons of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, this building was opened in 1909. The grant was initially refused by the town, who did not agree to the annual maintenance tax until 1908. It was expanded in 1929 and 1967.

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.

External links

• New England Carnegies

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. Web site: New England Carnegies: honoring the public libraries that Andrew Carnegie helped to fund. Smith. Corinne H. 2009-07-15.
3. Web site: A Short History of Vermont's Carnegie Libraries. Resnik. Robert, compiler. July 2004. Fletcher Free Library. 2009-07-15.
4. Web site: Fletcher Free Library: About the Library. Fletcher Free Library. 2009-07-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029185907/http://www.fletcherfree.org/about.html. 2013-10-29. dead.
5. Glenn M. Andres and Curtis B. Johnson, Buildings of Vermont (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2013)
6. Web site: Morristown Centennial Library Renovates For Its Second Century . Amy Kolb Noyes . May 6, 2013 . Vermont Public . March 6, 2023.
7. [#Miller|Miller]
8. Norwich University, 1819-1911, Her History, Her Graduates, Her Roll of Honor, ed. William Arba Ellis (Grenville M. Dodge, 1911)