List of Carnegie libraries in Illinois

The following list of Carnegie libraries in Illinois provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Illinois, where 106 public libraries were built from 105 grants (totaling $1,661,200) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1903 to 1914. In addition, a second list of academic libraries that were built at five institutions (totaling $90,000) is listed below.

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Carnegie libraries LibraryCity ortown ImageDategrantedAt 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.GrantamountLocation Notes 1 Aledo Aledo $10,000 200 N. College Ave. In June 1974, the Mercer Carnegie Library was one of two buildings in Aledo named “Landmarks in Mercer County” by the Historic Sites Division of the Illinois Department of Conservation. Closed as a library in April 2019 upon opening of new location. 2 Arcola Arcola $10,000 407 E. Main St. 3 Aurora Aurora $50,000 1 E. Benton St. Opened 22 Aug 1904, extensively altered in 1969, closed 23 May 2015 4 Beardstown Beardstown $10,000 105 W. 3rd St. Now city hall 5 Belleville Belleville $45,000 121 E. Washington St. Dedicated 20 Jan 1916 6 Belvidere Belvidere $17,500 320 N. State St. Constructed in 1912 and opened to the public in February 1913. A 15,000 square foot expansion was added in 1987. 7 Blue Island Blue Island $15,000 Open 1903–1970 8 Brookfield Brookfield $10,000 3609 Grand Boulevard Opened June 27, 1914. An annex added in 1958 and the building was demolished in 1985 when a new facility was built. On July 31, 2021, the new Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library opened across the street at 3541 Park Avenue. The original Carnegie library site currently serves as the Library's parking lot and Pollinator Garden. The concrete "Public Library" sign from the Carnegie library has been installed in the garden. 9 Carmi Carmi $10,000 203 N. Church St. Now a genealogy library 10 Carrollton Carrollton $10,000 509 S. Main St. 11 Centralia Centralia $20,000 515 E. Broadway 12 Charleston Charleston $15,000 712 6th St. Opened 15 Jan 1904 13 Chicago Heights Chicago Heights $15,000 1627 Halsted St. Open 1903–1972, demolished 1974 14 Chillicothe Chillicothe $10,000 822 N. 2nd St. 15 Danville (Main) Danville $65,000This is the total grant for both Danville branches. 307 N. Vermillion St. Now a museum 16 Danville Veterans Branch Danville — Part of Danville Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Historic District 17 Decatur Decatur $60,000 Demolished 1970 18 DeLand De Land $8,000 130 N. Highway Ave. Open 1912–2009 19 Delavan Delavan $10,000 208 Locust St. 20 Des Plaines Des Plaines $5,000 Open 1907-1936 21 Downers Grove Downers Grove $8,500 Was completely surrounded by an addition in 1956, Demolished 1975 22 Edwardsville Edwardsville $12,500 112 S. Kansas St. 23 El Paso El Paso $6,000 149 W. 1st St. 24 Evanston Evanston $50,000 Open 1907–1960 25 Farmington Farmington $5,600 266 E. Fort St. 26 Flora Flora $10,000 Open 1903–1990 27 Freeport Freeport $30,000 314 W. Stephenson St. Open 1902–2004 28 Fulton Fulton $5,000 501 10th Ave. Opened 27 Oct 1909 29 Galena Galena $12,500 601 S. Bench St. Dedicated 4 July 1908. Part of Galena National Register Historic District 30 Galesburg Galesburg $50,000 Opened 1902, burned 9 May 1958 31 Galva Galva $8,000 120 NW 3rd Ave. Opened July 1910 32 Geneva Geneva $7,500 127 James St. Opened 1908 33 Gilman Gilman $10,000 117 E. 2nd St. Open 1916–2002 34 Glen Ellyn Glen Ellyn $10,000 671 Crescent Blvd. Open 1914–1995, extensively altered, now school district offices 35 Grayville Grayville $6,000 110 W. Mill St. Open 1912–2010. Razed sometime between 2021 and 2024. 36 Greenup Greenup $8,000 101 N. Mill St. Now a museum 37 Greenville Greenville $11,000 414 W. Main St. 38 Griggsville Griggsville $5,000 119 S. Corey St. Opened 1916 39 Harrisburg Harrisburg $12,500 101 E. Church St. Open 1909–2000, now a church 40 Harvey Harvey $13,500 155th St. and Turlington Ave. Open 1906–1971 41 Havana Havana $8,000 201 W. Adams St. Opened 1902 42 Highland Park Highland Park $12,000 Demolished 1929 43 Hillsboro Hillsboro $11,000 214 School St. 44 Hoopeston Hoopeston $12,500 110 N. 4th St. Opened 1905 45 Jacksonville Jacksonville $40,000 201 W. College Ave. 46 Jerseyville Jerseyville $12,000 105 N. Liberty St. Opened 1904 47 Kewanee Kewanee $25,000 102 S. Tremont St. Opened 1908 48 La Grange La Grange $12,500 Open 1905–1968 49 La Harpe La Harpe $5,000 209 E. Main St. Opened 1906 50 LaSalle LaSalle $25,000 305 Marquette St. Opened 19 Jan 1907, designed by Chicago architect Victor Andre Matteson 51 Lewistown Lewistown $5,400 321 W. Lincoln Ave. 52 Lincoln Lincoln $25,000 725 Pekin St. 53 Litchfield Litchfield $15,000 400 N. State St. Tourism Office and Chamber of Commerce 54 Macomb Macomb $15,000 235 S. Lafayette St. Opened 1904 55 Marion Marion $18,000 206 S. Market St. Opened 29 Feb 1916 56 Marseilles Marseilles $10,000 155 E. Bluff St. Opened 23 Nov 1905 57 Mattoon Mattoon $25,000 1600 Charleston Ave. Opened 1903 58 Maywood Maywood $12,500 121 S. 5th Ave. Opened 31 Mar 1906 59 Mendota Mendota $10,000 901 Washington St. Now a museum 60 Metropolis Metropolis $9,000 317 Metropolis St. Dedicated 27 Nov 1915 61 Milford Milford $7,000 2 S. Grant Ave. 62 Moline Moline $40,000 504 17th St. Open 1903–2008 63 Morris Morris $12,500 604 Liberty St. Open 1913–1970, replaced on the same site 64 Mount Carmel Mount Carmel $15,000 120 E 5th St Currently in use as an attorney's office. In use as a Library until 1970 65 Mount Carroll Mount Carroll $11,000 208 N. Main St. 66 Mount Vernon Mount Vernon $15,000 101 S. 7th St. Opened 1905 67 Olney Olney $11,500 401 E. Main St. Now a museum 68 Onarga Onarga $5,000 209 W. Seminary Ave. Opened 1907 69 Oregon Oregon $10,000 300 Jefferson St. Designed by Pond and Pond. 70 Pana Pana $14,000 303 E. 2nd St. 71 Paris Paris $18,000 207 S. Main St. 72 Park Ridge Park Ridge $7,500 1 N. Northwest Hwy. Open 1913–1957, now a beauty salon. Designed by Pond and Pond. 73 Paxton Paxton $10,000 254 S. Market St. 74 Pekin Pekin $17,500 Open 1902–1972, demolished 1974 75 Peoria Lincoln Branch Peoria $20,000 1312 W. Lincoln Ave. Renovated and a 12,000 foot addition was constructed on the rear of the building in 2013. 76 Peru Peru $15,000 Putnam St. Open 1910–1986 77 Petersburg Petersburg $8,000 220 S. 6th St. 78 Pittsfield Pittsfield $7,500 205 N. Memorial St. 79 Plano Plano $10,250 15 W. North St. 80 Polo Polo $10,000 302 W. Mason St. 81 Ridge Farm Ridge Farm $9,000 104 N. State St. 82 Robinson Robinson $11,000 301 E. Main St. Open 1906-1976 83 Rochelle Rochelle $10,000 619 4th Ave. 84 Rockford Rockford $70,000 215 N. Wyman St. Was completely surrounded by a 1967 addition; demolished in 2018 85 Rushville Rushville $7,500 104 N. Monroe St. 86 Savanna Savanna $11,350 326 3rd St. 87 Sheffield Sheffield $4,000 136 E. Cook St. 88 Shelbyville Shelbyville $10,000 154 N. Broadway 89 Sheldon Sheldon $9,000 125 N. 5th St. 90 Spring Valley Spring Valley $15,000 215 E. Cleveland St. 91 Springfield Springfield $75,000 Demolished in 1974 92 St. Charles St. Charles $12,500 1 S. 6th Ave. 93 Sterling Sterling $17,500 102 W. 3rd St. 94 Streator Streator $35,000 130 S. Park St. 95 Sycamore Sycamore $12,000 103 E. State St. 96 Taylorville Taylorville $14,000 222 W. Market St. Opened 1904, now a law office 97 Toulon Toulon $6,000 306 W. Jefferson St. 98 Tuscola Tuscola $10,000 112 E. Sale St. 99 Vienna Vienna $6,000 401 Poplar St. 100 Warren Warren $7,000 210 Burnett Ave. 101 Waterman Waterman $3,500 110 S. Elm St. 102 Waukegan Waukegan $27,500 1 N. Sheridan Rd. Open 1903–1965 103 Waverly Waverly $4,500 291 N. Pearl St. 104 Wilmette Wilmette $11,000 Open 1905–1951 105 Winchester Winchester $7,500 215 N. Main St. 106 Wyoming Wyoming $5,600 119 N. 7th St.

Academic libraries InstitutionLocality ImageYeargrantedGrantamountLocation Notes 1 Ewing College Ewing $10,000 2 Monmouth College Monmouth $30,000 800 block of East Broadway Now Poling Hall, houses the business, dean of students, and registrar offices and the career center 3 North-Western College Naperville $25,000 Now Carnegie Hall, houses the computer science department at North Central College 4 Shurtleff College Upper Alton $15,000 Now the biomedical library for Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine 5 University of Chicago Chicago $10,000 1116 E. 59th St. Andrew Carnegie was one of many donors to the William Rainey Harper Memorial Library which opened June 11, 1912.

List of Carnegie libraries in Illinois

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