List of Carnegie libraries in Oklahoma
The following list of Carnegie libraries in Oklahoma provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Oklahoma, where 24 public libraries were built from 24 grants (totaling $464,500) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1899 to 1916. In addition, an academic library was built at the University of Oklahoma in Norman from a $30,000 grant given February 20, 1903.
Public libraries
| Library | City or town |
Image | Date granted[1] |
Grant amount[1] |
Location | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ardmore | Ardmore | Mar 20, 1903 | $15,000 | 500 Stanley Street SW | Current location of the Pansy Garden Club | |
| 2 | Bartlesville | Bartlesville | Apr 23, 1908 | $12,500 | 7th and Osage | ||
| 3 | Chickasha | Chickasha | Feb 12, 1903 | $10,000 | 527 Iowa Ave | Razed in 1963 | |
| 4 | Collinsville | Collinsville | Jun 1, 1915 | $7,500 | 1223 W Main St | ||
| 5 | Cordell | Cordell | Jan 6, 1911 | $9,000 | 105 E 1st St | Location of Washita County Historical Society museum since 1981 | |
| 6 | El Reno | El Reno | Nov 25, 1903 | $12,500 | 215 E. Wade | ||
| 7 | Elk City | Elk City | Apr 13, 1914 | $10,000 | 221 West Broadway | ||
| 8 | Enid | Enid | Feb 20, 1904 | $25,000 | 402 North Independence Avenue | Razed in 1972 | |
| 9 | Frederick | Frederick | Sep 25, 1914 | $10,000 | 200 East Grand | ||
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Oct 17, 1901 | $26,000 | 406 E Oklahoma Ave | |
| 11 | Hobart | Hobart | May 2, 1911 | $10,000 | 200 S Main | ||
| 12 | Lawton | Lawton | 
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Mar 31, 1916 | $20,000 | 5th & "B" Avenue | Currently Lawton town hall |
| 13 | McAlester | McAlester | Mar 24, 1906 | $25,000 | 325 E. Grand Avenue | Razed in 1973 | |
| 14 | Miami | Miami | Mar 15, 1916 | $10,000 | 200 N. Main | Razed in 1962 | |
| 15 | Muskogee | Muskogee | Aug 30, 1910 | $60,000 | 401 E. Broadway | Currently occupied by Ark of Faith | |
| 16 | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma City | Oct 27, 1899 | $60,000 | 131 Dean A. McGee Avenue | Razed in 1951 | |
| 17 | Perry | Perry | Feb 13, 1909 | $10,000 | 302 North 7th Street | ||
| 18 | Ponca City | Ponca City | Aug 29, 1908 | $6,500 | Grand Avenue and Fifth Street | Razed in 1935 | |
| 19 | Sapulpa | Sapulpa | Jan 28, 1916 | $25,000 | 27 W Dewey | ||
| 20 | Shawnee | Shawnee | Jun 2, 1904 | $15,500 | 331 North Broadway | Now the District Attorney's office; Shawnee's library is part of the Pioneer Library System | |
| 21 | Tahlequah | Tahlequah | Mar 25, 1905 | $10,000 | 300 S College Ave | ||
| 22 | Tulsa | Tulsa | Nov 30, 1910 | $55,000 | 3rd and Cheyenne | Razed in 1965 | |
| 23 | Wagoner | Wagoner | Dec 7, 1911 | $10,000 | 102 South State | ||
| 24 | Woodward | Woodward | Dec 3, 1915 | $10,000 | 1207 8th Street |
Notes
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 0838900224.
- Jones, Theodore (1997). Carnegie Libraries Across America. New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0471144223.
- 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.