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The following list of Carnegie libraries in Ohio provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Ohio, where 104 public libraries were built from 79^[1] grants (totaling $2,846,484) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1899 to 1915. In addition, academic libraries were built at 8 institutions (totaling $368,445).

Key

  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

Public libraries

	Library	City or town	Date granted^[2]	Grant amount^[2]^[3]	Location	Notes
1	Akron	Akron	Dec 24, 1901	$82,000	69 E. Market St.	Open 1904–1942, now law offices
2	Alliance	Alliance	Jan 13, 1903	$25,000		Demolished 1974
3	Amherst	Amherst	Mar 8, 1904	$10,000	221 Spring St.
4	Ashtabula	Ashtabula	Mar 6, 1901	$15,000	335 W. 44th St.
5	Athens	Athens	Dec 16, 1903	$30,000
6	Bellefontaine	Bellefontaine	Jan 6, 1903	$14,000	140 N. Main St.	Closed 1994, now county offices
7	Bellevue	Bellevue	Jan 13, 1903	$13,600	224 E. Main St.
8	Bristolville	Bristolville	Apr 25, 1911	$6,000	1855 Greenville Rd.
9	Bryan	Bryan	Feb 12, 1903	$10,000	107 E. High St.
10	Bucyrus	Bucyrus	Jun 1, 1903	$15,000	200 E. Mansfield St.
11	Cambridge	Cambridge	Jan 22, 1902	$21,000	800 Steubenville Ave.
12	Canton	Canton	Apr 15, 1901	$60,000	236 3rd St. SW	Open 1900–1978, now law offices
13	Carey	Carey	Dec 30, 1904	$8,000	236 E. Findlay St.
14	Celina	Celina	Dec 30, 1904	$12,000
15	Chillicothe	Chillicothe	Apr 13, 1903	$30,000	140 S. Paint St.
16	Cincinnati Avondale	Cincinnati	Apr 9, 1902	$286,000	3566 Reading Rd.	Opened 1913
17	Cincinnati Cumminsville	Cincinnati	Apr 9, 1902	—	4219 Hamilton Ave.	Opened 1908, now Northside Branch
18	Cincinnati East End	Cincinnati	Apr 9, 1902	—	3738 Eastern Ave.	Open 1907–1959
19	Cincinnati Hyde Park	Cincinnati	Apr 9, 1902	—	2747 Erie Ave.	Built 1912
20	Cincinnati North Cincinnati	Cincinnati	Apr 9, 1902	—	2802 Vine St.	Opened 1907, now Corryville Branch
21	Cincinnati Price Hill	Cincinnati	Apr 9, 1902	—	3215 Warsaw Ave.	Opened 1909
22	Cincinnati Walnut Hills	Cincinnati	Apr 9, 1902	—	2533 Kemper Ln.	Opened 1906
23	Cincinnati West End	Cincinnati	Apr 9, 1902	—	924 Dayton St.	Opened 1908, demolished 1947
24	Cleveland Broadway	Cleveland	Apr 4, 1903	$590,000	5437 Broadway Ave.	Open 1906–1987, now a church
25	Cleveland Brooklyn	Cleveland	Apr 4, 1903	—	3706 Pearl Rd.	Opened 1919
26	Cleveland South Brooklyn	Cleveland		—	4303 Pearl Rd.	Opened 1905, closed 1936. Now vacant.
27	Cleveland Carnegie West	Cleveland	Apr 4, 1903	—	1900 Fulton Rd.	Opened 1910
28	Cleveland East 79th	Cleveland	Apr 4, 1903	—	1215 E. 79th St.	Open 1916–1989, now a drug abuse treatment program
29	Cleveland Hough	Cleveland	Apr 4, 1903	—	1765 Crawford Rd.	Open 1907–1984, now African American Museum
30	Cleveland Jefferson	Cleveland	Apr 4, 1903	—	850 Jefferson Ave.	Opened 1918
31	Cleveland Lorain	Cleveland	Apr 4, 1903	—	8216 Lorain Ave.	Opened 1912
32	Cleveland Miles Park	Cleveland	Apr 4, 1903	—	9250 Miles Park Ave.
33	Cleveland Quincy	Cleveland	Apr 4, 1903	—	2390 E. 79th St.	Open 1914–1977
34	Cleveland Saint Clair	Cleveland	Apr 4, 1903	—	1368 E. 55th St.	Open 1905–1946, now Goodrich-Gannett Neighborhood Center
35	Cleveland South	Cleveland	Apr 4, 1903	—	3096 Scranton Rd.
36	Cleveland Sterling	Cleveland	Apr 4, 1903	—	2200 E. 30th St.	Opened 1913
37	Cleveland Superior	Cleveland	Apr 4, 1903	—	1351 E. 105th St.	Closed 1990
38	Cleveland Woodland	Cleveland	Apr 4, 1903	—	5806 Woodland Ave.	Opened 1904, burned 1957
39	Clyde	Clyde	Dec 2, 1904	$12,500	222 W. Buckeye St.
40	Columbus	Columbus	Dec 30, 1901	$200,000	96 S. Grant Ave.
41	Conneaut	Conneaut	Dec 2, 1904	$25,000	282 State St.	Open 1909–1998, vacant
42	Coshocton	Coshocton	Dec 27, 1902	$17,000	4th and Chestnut Sts.	Open 1904–1974, vacant
43	Dayton East 5th	Dayton	Jan 6, 1911	$50,000	2160 E. 5th St.
44	Dayton West 5th	Dayton	Jan 6, 1911	—		Burned in 1979
45	Defiance	Defiance	Nov 25, 1903	$22,000	320 Fort St.
46	Delaware	Delaware	Dec 27, 1902	$21,500	101 N. Sandusky St.
47	Delphos	Delphos	May 2, 1911	$12,500	309 W. 2nd St.	Opened 1912
48	East Cleveland	East Cleveland	Dec 20, 1904	$35,000	14101 Euclid Ave.
49	East Liverpool	East Liverpool	Jun 30, 1899	$50,000	219 E. 4th St.	First (along with Steubenville) Carnegie Library in Ohio
50	Fostoria	Fostoria	Mar 20, 1903	$20,000	205 Perry St.	Opened 1914, extensively altered
51	Galion	Galion	Apr 11, 1902	$15,000	123 N. Market St.
52	Gallipolis	Gallipolis	Dec 27, 1902	$12,500	61 State St.	Now a school district office
53	Geneva	Geneva	Dec 14, 1908	$10,000	117 W. Main St.	Open 1910–1997, now a courthouse
54	Germantown	Germantown	Dec 20, 1904	$10,000	47 W. Center St.	Closed 1984, now historical society
55	Greenville	Greenville	Mar 7, 1901	$25,000	520 Sycamore St.
56	Kent	Kent	Aug 16, 1901	$11,500	312 W. Main St.
57	Kenton	Kenton	Jan 22, 1902	$20,000	121 N. Detroit St.	Now a dentist office
58	Kinsman	Kinsman	Mar 29, 1911	$7,000	6420 Church St.
59	Lakewood	Lakewood	May 2, 1907	$44,600	15425 Detroit Ave.
60	Lebanon	Lebanon	Feb 20, 1903	$10,000	101 S. Broadway	Opened 1908
61	Lima	Lima	Jun 21, 1901	$34,000
62	London	London	Mar 14, 1902	$10,000	20 E. 1st St.
63	Lorain	Lorain	Jul 8, 1902	$30,000	329 W. 10th St.
64	Madison	Madison	Jun 1, 1915	$10,000	126 W. Main St.	Open 1919–1974, now village hall
65	Mansfield	Mansfield	Mar 27, 1903	$37,000	43 W. 3rd St.
66	Marietta	Marietta	Jan 2, 1913	$30,000	615 5th St.
67	Marion	Marion	Dec 27, 1902	$30,000	244 S. Main St.	Open 1907–1980, now a church
68	Marysville	Marysville	Nov 27, 1906	$10,000
69	Maumee	Maumee	Sep 29, 1915	$10,000	501 River Rd.
70	Miamisburg	Miamisburg	Dec 24, 1908	$12,500	426 Central Ave.	Open 1910–1981, now a civic center
71	Middleport	Middleport	Jan 31, 1911	$8,100	178 S. 3rd St.
72	Middletown	Middletown	Apr 26, 1902	$25,000	1320 1st Ave.	Open 1913–1983, vacant
73	Milan	Milan	Jan 6, 1911	$8,000	19 E. Church St.
74	Mount Sterling	Mount Sterling	Jan 23, 1911	$10,000	60 W. Columbus St.
75	Napoleon	Napoleon	Mar 29, 1911	$10,000		Open 1913–1965, now library storage
76	New London	New London	Jun 11, 1914	$10,000	67 S. Main St.	Opened 1916
77	Norwalk	Norwalk	Feb 2, 1903	$15,000	46 W. Main St.	Opened 1905
78	Norwood	Norwood	Nov 3, 1904	$23,000	4325 Montgomery Rd.	Opened 1907
79	Paulding	Paulding	Jul 13, 1912	$40,000	205 S. Main St.	The first Carnegie library to serve an entire county
80	Pickerington	Pickerington	Jan 27, 1912	$10,000	15 W. Columbus St.	Now houses township historical society
81	Pomeroy	Pomeroy	Jan 27, 1912	$10,000	200 E. 2nd St.	Open 1914–1989, now law offices
82	Portsmouth	Portsmouth	Jul 8, 1901	$50,000	1220 Gallia St.	Opened 1906
83	Ripley	Ripley	Jan 2, 1913	$10,000	27 Main St.	Opened 1915
84	Rockford	Rockford	Jan 18, 1910	$10,000	162 S. Main St.
85	Salem	Salem	Jan 22, 1903	$20,000	821 E. State St.	Opened 1905
86	Sandusky	Sandusky	Aug 7, 1899	$50,000	114 W. Adams St.	Opened 1901
87	South Brooklyn	South Brooklyn	Mar 27, 1903	$11,800		Opened 1905
88	Steubenville	Steubenville	Jun 30, 1899	$62,000	407 S. 4th St.	Opened 1902
89	Tiffin	Tiffin	Feb 15, 1912	$25,000	108 Jefferson St.	Open 1913–1976, now court offices
90	Toledo Jermain	Toledo	Dec 16, 1905	$125,000	315 Galena St.	Open 1918–1974, now a church
91	Toledo Kent	Toledo	Dec 16, 1905	—
92	Toledo Locke	Toledo	Dec 16, 1905	—	806 Main St.	Open 1917–2007, vacant
93	Toledo Mott	Toledo	Dec 16, 1905	—
94	Toledo South	Toledo	Dec 16, 1905	—	1638 Broadway	Open 1918–2004, vacant
95	Upper Sandusky	Upper Sandusky	Jan 23, 1911	$10,000	224 W. Johnson St.	Open 1914–1984, now a doctor's office
96	Warren	Warren	Apr 23, 1903	$28,384	120 High St., NW
97	Washington Court House	Washington Court House	Dec 30, 1901	$15,500	127 S. North St.
98	Wauseon	Wauseon	Nov 25, 1903	$8,000	117 E. Elm St.	Opened 1906
99	Wellsville	Wellsville	Feb 15, 1912	$10,000	115 9th St.
100	Willoughby	Willoughby	Dec 13, 1906	$14,500	30 Public Sq.	Opened 1909
101	Wilmington	Wilmington	Feb 4, 1902	$12,500	268 N. South St.	Opened 1904
102	Wooster	Wooster	Feb 2, 1903	$15,000
103	Xenia	Xenia	Jan 10, 1902	$23,500	194 E. Church St.	Open 1906–1978, vacant
104	Youngstown	Youngstown	Feb 19, 1908	$50,000	305 Wick Ave.	Called the Reuben McMillan Free Library
105	Zanesville	Zanesville	Dec 16, 1905	$54,000	220 N. 5th St.

Academic libraries

	Institution	Locality	Year granted^[4]	Grant amount^[4]	Location	Notes
1	Cedarville College	Cedarville	Dec 28, 1905	$11,795		Open 1908–1960, now art studios
2	Heidelberg University	Tiffin	Mar 15, 1905	$25,000		Open 1912–1967, now Pfleiderer Hall, houses humanities
3	Marietta College	Marietta	Jan 7, 1905	$40,000		Open 1906–1961, now Irvine Administration Building
4	Miami University	Oxford	Mar 31, 1905 May 2, 1921	$40,000 $50,000		Called Alumni Hall, it was the school's original library until 1973.
5	Oberlin College	Oberlin	Jan 20, 1905	$150,000	52 W. Lorain St.	Open 1908–1974, now used for Oberlin College Library storage and offices
6	Ohio University	Athens	Jan 6, 1915	$13,700		Open 1905–1930, now Scripps Hall, houses E. W. Scripps School of Journalism until Fall 2013
7	Otterbein College	Westerville	Apr 3, 1905	$20,000	102 W. College Ave.	Now Clippinger Hall, admissions office
8	Wilberforce University	Wilberforce	Feb 15, 1904	$17,950	1400 Brush Row Rd.	Open 1909–1976, now part of National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center

Notes

^ Both Bobinski and Jones make errors with their numbers in Ohio—Bobinski reports only 77 grants, while Jones counts South Brooklyn twice and thus reports 106 libraries.
^ ^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 (Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dayton, and Toledo) are listed only by their total amount, not broken down for each branch.
^ ^a ^b Miller, pp. 38–40

References

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.
Armentrout, Mary Ellen (2003). Carnegie Libraries of Ohio. Wellington, Ohio: Mary Ellen Armentrout. ISBN 0615122531. OCLC 51391494.

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.

[1] Both Bobinski and Jones make errors with their numbers in Ohio—Bobinski reports only 77 grants, while Jones counts South Brooklyn twice and thus reports 106 libraries.

[a-2] 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.

[3] Grants for multiple libraries (Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dayton, and Toledo) are listed only by their total amount, not broken down for each branch.

[Miller-4] Miller, pp. 38–40

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