The following list of Carnegie libraries in Nebraska provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Nebraska, where 69 libraries were built from 68 grants (totaling $707,488) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1899 to 1917.
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Building still operating as a library
Building standing, but now serving another purpose
Building no longer standing
Building listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Building contributes to a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places
Carnegie libraries edit
| Library | City or town |
Image | Date granted[1] |
Grant amount[1][2] |
Location | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albion | Albion | Apr 8, 1907 | $6,000 | 437 S 3rd St | ||
| 2 | Alliance | Alliance | Dec 2, 1909 | $10,000 | 204 W 4th St | The building is now the Carnegie Arts Center. | |
| 3 | Alma | Alma | 
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Dec 13, 1907 | $10,000 | 111 S John St | |
| 4 | Arcadia | Arcadia | Mar 31, 1916 | $7,000 | 100 S. Reynolds St. | ||
| 5 | Ashland | Ashland | 
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Mar 18, 1911 | $5,500 | 207 N. 15th St. | The library moved to a new building in January 2015. The Carnegie library now houses the Ashland History Museum. |
| 6 | Aurora | Aurora | Dec 2, 1909 | $10,000 | 812 12th St | ||
| 7 | Beatrice | Beatrice | 
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Mar 14, 1902 | $23,000 | 220 N. 5th St. | Now the Chamber of Commerce and Tourist Center |
| 8 | Blair | Blair | Mar 31, 1916 | $10,000 | Built at corner of 5th and Lincoln St. In 1958 5th St was renamed 17th St. | 1973 – Destroyed after a fire [3] | |
| 9 | Bloomfield | Bloomfield | Jan 2, 1913 | $5,000 | |||
| 10 | Broken Bow | Broken Bow | 
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Jul 23, 1914 | $10,000 | 255 S. 10th St. | |
| 11 | Burwell | Burwell | 
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May 21, 1913 | $5,000 | 110 S. 7th Ave. | |
| 12 | Chadron | Chadron | 
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Apr 16, 1910 | $5,788 | 507 Bordeaux St. | |
| 13 | Clarks | Clarks | 
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May 3, 1917 | $7,500 | 101 W Amity St | |
| 14 | Clay Center | Clay Center | Jan 6, 1915 | $7,000 | 117 W Edgar St | ||
| 15 | College View | College View | 
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Sep 25, 1914 | $7,500 | 3800 S. 48th St. | |
| 16 | Columbus | Columbus | Aug 11, 1913 | $13,000 | 1470 25th Ave | Designed by local architect Charles Wurdeman[4] | |
| 17 | Cozad | Cozad | Sep 14, 1917 | $6,000 | |||
| 18 | Crete [5] | Crete | Aug 11, 1913 | $10,000 | 305 East 13th Street, Crete, Nebraska 68333 | Expanded and remodeled in the 1990s. The library moved into a new building on January 30, 2020. | |
| 19 | David City | David City | Nov 9, 1916 | $10,000 | 360 E St | ||
| 20 | Dewitt | De Witt | Nov 14, 1906 | $3,000 | |||
| 21 | Fairbury | Fairbury | 
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Dec 24, 1907 | $12,500 | 601 7th St. | |
| 22 | Fairfield | Fairfield | 
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Jan 9, 1913 | $6,000 | 412 N. D St. | |
| 23 | Franklin | Franklin | Sep 29, 1915 | $5,000 | 1401 L St | ||
| 24 | Fremont | Fremont | Dec 30, 1901 | 15000 | Southeast corner of Military and Park | ||
| 25 | Fullerton | Fullerton | Jul 13, 1912 | $6,000 | 402 Fuller St | ||
| 26 | Geneva | Geneva | Jan 31, 1911 | $8,000 | 1043 G St | ||
| 27 | Gibbon | Gibbon | May 17, 1912 | $6,000 | |||
| 28 | Gothenburg | Gothenburg | 
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Jan 14, 1914 | $8,000 | 1104 Lake Av | |
| 29 | Grand Island | Grand Island | 
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Apr 26, 1902 | $20,000 | 321 W. 2nd St. | |
| 30 | Hartington | Hartington | Mar 11, 1914 | $8,000 | 106 S Broadway | ||
| 31 | Harvard | Harvard | Jun 11, 1914 | $6,000 | 309 N Clay Ave | ||
| 32 | Hastings | Hastings | Dec 27, 1902 | $15,000 | Southeast corner of Denver Ave and 4th street | ||
| 33 | Havelock | Havelock | Mar 24, 1906 | $7,000 | 4308 N 63rd | ||
| 34 | Holdrege | Holdrege | Nov 16, 1904 | $8,500 | 604 East Av | ||
| 35 | Kearney | Kearney | Jan 13, 1903 | $12,000 | Southwest corner of 21st St and 1st Ave | ||
| 36 | Lexington | Lexington | Nov 9, 1916 | $10,000 | 705 N Washington St | ||
| 37 | Lincoln Main | Lincoln | Dec 20, 1899 | $87,000 | 136 South 14th Street | ||
| 38 | Lincoln Branch | Lincoln | Dec 20, 1899 | $10,000[6] | 2121 N 27th St | The library was built at the SW corner of 27th & Orchard Street. In 1992 it was moved to the current location.[6] | |
| 39 | Loup City | Loup City | 
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Mar 31, 1916 | $8,000 | 652 N St. | |
| 40 | Madison | Madison | 
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Jan 31, 1911 | $6,000 | W 3rd and Kent | |
| 41 | McCook | McCook | 
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Dec 8, 1905 | $11,000 | 423 Norris Ave. | |
| 42 | Neligh | Neligh | Dec 14, 1908 | $5,000 | 510 Main Street | ||
| 43 | Norfolk | Norfolk | 
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Dec 13, 1907 | $10,000 | 803 W. Norfolk Ave. | |
| 44 | North Bend | North Bend | 
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Dec 7, 1911 | $7,500 | 140 E. 8th St. | |
| 45 | North Platte | North Platte | Apr 8, 1910 | $12,000 | 314 N Jeffers St | ||
| 46 | O'Neill | O'Neill | May 17, 1912 | $10,000 | 601 E Douglas | ||
| 47 | Pawnee City | Pawnee City | 
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Dec 30, 1904 | $7,000 | 730 G St. | The library moved to a new building in 2011. |
| 48 | Pierce | Pierce | Mar 29, 1911 | $4,000 | 200 E Willow St | ||
| 49 | Plainview | Plainview | 
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Dec 3, 1915 | $6,000 | 102 S. Main St. | The library moved to a new building in June 2016. |
| 50 | Plattsmouth | Plattsmouth | Jun 1, 1915 | $12,500 | 401 Avenue A | ||
| 51 | Ponca | Ponca | Apr 25, 1911 | $4,500 | 203 2nd St | ||
| 52 | Randolph | Randolph | Nov 9, 1916 | $6,000 | The library was razed in 2007 and a new library built at the same location | ||
| 53 | Ravenna | Ravenna | Nov 9, 1916 | $7,500 | 121 W Seneca St | The library moved to a new building in July 2018. | |
| 54 | Schuyler | Schuyler | 
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Mar 29, 1911 | $9,000 | 1003 B St. | |
| 55 | Scottsbluff | Scottsbluff | 
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Jun 6, 1917 | $15,000 | 106 E. 18th St. | |
| 56 | Seward | Seward | Apr 3, 1912 | $8,000 | 204 S 5th St | ||
| 57 | Shelton | Shelton | Apr 2, 1913 | $9,000 | 313 C St | ||
| 58 | Sidney | Sidney | 
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Jul 9, 1913 | $6,500 | 740 Illinois St. | |
| 59 | South Omaha | Omaha | Jun 21, 1901 | $50,000 | 2302 M Street | Located in the former city of South Omaha. The Carnegie building was razed in 1954 and a new building was built in its place. Today's location is a partnership with Metropolitan Community College. | |
| 60 | Spencer | Spencer | Dec 3, 1915 | $8,000 | 110 W Main | ||
| 61 | Stanton | Stanton | Apr 13, 1914 | $8,000 | 1009 Jackpine St. | ||
| 62 | Stromsburg | Stromsburg | Mar 16, 1915 | $7,500 | 5th and Commercial | ||
| 63 | Superior | Superior | 
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Dec 24, 1907 | $7,000 | 354 N Commercial Ave | |
| 64 | Sutton | Sutton | Feb 1, 1909 | $5,700 | |||
| 65 | Tecumseh | Tecumseh | Nov 14, 1906 | $6,000 | 136 N 5th St | ||
| 66 | Tekamah | Tekamah | 
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Nov 17, 1914 | $8,000 | 204 S. 13th St. | |
| 67 | University Place | University Place | Mar 16, 1915 | $12,500 | 2820 N 48th St | ||
| 68 | Wayne | Wayne | Jan 6, 1911 | $9,000 | 410 Main St | ||
| 69 | Wymore | Wymore | Sep 25, 1914 | $10,000 | 116 W F St |
Notes edit
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Grants for multiple libraries (Lincoln) are listed only by their total amount, not broken down for each branch.
- ^ "Blair Historic Preservation Alliance". Blair Historic Preservation Alliance.
- ^ "Charles Wurdeman (1871-1961), Architect". Nebraska State Historical Society. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
- ^ "Crete Public Library web page". Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ a b "Lincoln Historic Preservation Commission agenda" (PDF). January 19, 2017.
References edit
- Anderson, Florence (1963). Carnegie Corporation Library Program 1911–1961. New York: Carnegie Corporation. OCLC 1282382.
- Bobinski, George S. (1969). Carnegie Libraries: Their History and Impact on American Public Library Development. Chicago: American Library Association. ISBN 0-8389-0022-4.
- Jones, Theodore (1997). Carnegie Libraries Across America. New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-14422-3.
- Miller, Durand R. (1943). Carnegie Grants for Library Buildings, 1890-1917. New York: Carnegie Corporation of New York. OCLC 2603611.
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.