The following list of Carnegie libraries in Kansas provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Kansas, where 59 public libraries were built from 58 grants (totaling $874,996) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1900 to 1916. In addition, academic libraries were built at 7 institutions (totaling $195,500).

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Public 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.GrantamountGrants for multiple libraries (Kansas City) are listed only by their total amount, not broken down for each branch.Location Notes 1 Abilene Abilene $12,500 209 NW 4th St. 2 Anthony Anthony $10,000 104 N. Springfield Ave. 3 Arkansas City Arkansas City $18,400 215 W. 5th Ave. 4 Burlington Burlington $9,656 201 N. 3rd St. 5 Caldwell Caldwell $7,000 13 N. Osage St. 6 Canton Canton $6,000 300 N. Main St. Built in 1921, the last-built Carnegie library in the United States. Continues to be used as a public library. (2013) 7 Chanute Chanute $14,500 102 S. Lincoln Ave. 8 Cherryvale Cherryvale $10,000 329 E. Main St. Continues to be used as a public library. (2013) 9 Clay Center Clay Center $10,000 706 6th St. 10 Coffeyville Coffeyville $25,000 415 W. 8th St. No longer a public library. (2013) 11 Columbus Columbus $10,000 205 N. Kansas Ave. Continues to be used as a public library. (2013) 12 Concordia Concordia $10,000 635 Broadway Replaced by Frank Carlson Library, building is used for Cloud County Historical Museum 13 Council Grove Council Grove $10,000 303 W. Main St. Currently is the Morris County Historical Society 14 Dodge City Dodge City $8,500 701 N. 2nd Ave. Currently is the Carnegie Art Center 15 Downs Downs $6,140 504 S. Morgan Ave. 16 El Dorado El Dorado $10,000 101 S. Star St. No longer used as a public library building. (2013) 17 Emporia Emporia $22,000 118 E. 6th St. 18 Eureka Eureka $9,000 520 N. Main St. 19 Fort Scott Fort Scott $18,000 201 S. National Ave. Continues to be used as a public library. (2013) 20 Garden City Garden City $10,000 702 N. Main St. 21 Girard Girard $9,000 128 W. Prairie St. Continues to be used as a public library. (2013) 22 Goodland Goodland $10,000 120 W. 12th St. 23 Great Bend Great Bend $12,500 24 Halstead Halstead $7,500 25 Hays Hays $9,000 By 1964, all space was crammed. The building was replaced on December 8, 1968, to allow to the growing collection. The current Hays Public Library, built in 2004, stands in the same location and the exterior is a replication of the original Carnegie Library. 26 Herington Herington $10,000 102 S. Broadway 27 Hiawatha Hiawatha $10,000 431 Oregon St. 28 Hutchinson Hutchinson $32,000 427 N. Main St. 29 Independence Independence $22,500 220 E. Maple St. Continues to be used as a public library. (2013) 30 Iola Iola $15,000 31 Kansas City Main Kansas City $100,000 32 Kansas City Argentine Kansas City $25,000 2800 Metropolitan Ave. 33 Kingman Kingman $10,000 455 N. Main St. 34 Lawrence Lawrence $27,500 200 W. 9th St. 35 Leavenworth Leavenworth $30,000 601 S. 5th St. 36 Lincoln Lincoln $6,000 203 S. 3rd St. Continues to be used as a public library. (2013) 37 Lyndon Lyndon $8,000 127 E. 6th St. 38 Lyons Lyons $6,000 105 W. Lyon St. 39 Manhattan Manhattan $10,000 105 Courthouse Plaza 40 McPherson McPherson $12,500 41 Newton Newton $160,000 203 Main St. Currently is the Harvey County Historical Museum 42 Olathe Olathe $10,000 43 Osawatomie Osawatomie $7,500 44 Osborne Osborne $6,000 307 N. Main St. 45 Oswego Oswego $5,000 701 4th St. Continues to be used as a public library. (2013) 46 Ottawa Ottawa $15,000 515 S. Main St. No longer used as a public library. (2013) 47 Parsons Parsons $22,500 117 S. 17th St. No longer used as a public library. (2013) 48 Peabody Peabody $10,000 214 N. Walnut St. Continues to be used as a public library (as of 2022). 49 Pittsburg Pittsburg $40,000 308 N. Walnut St. 50 Plainville Plainville $5,000 51 Russell Russell $5,800 52 Salina Salina $15,000 53 Sterling Sterling $10,000 138 N. Broadway Ave. 54 Stockton Stockton $5,000 124 N. Cedar St. 55 Washington Washington $5,000 56 Wellington Wellington $17,500 121 W. 7th St. 57 Wichita Wichita $75,000 220 S. Main St. For half a century, the building was a library. It later became a municipal court building and then the Wichita Omnisphere and Science Center. As of 2015 it is the commercial bankers division of Fidelity Bank. It is not open to the public. 58 Winfield Winfield $15,000 1001 Millington St. 59 Yates Center Yates Center $7,500 218 N. Main St.

Academic libraries InstitutionLocality ImageYeargrantedMiller, pp. 38–40GrantamountLocation Notes 1 Baker University Baldwin City $37,000 604 8th St. 2 Bethany College Lindsborg $20,000 3 College of Emporia(defunct) Emporia $30,000 1300 W. 12th Ave. Andrew Carnegie provided funds to build this Anderson Memorial Library in memory of John Anderson, a former board of trustee of this college. When Anderson lived in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, he opened his book collection to working boys, including a young Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie publicly credited Anderson with instilling a love of books and self-education that later enabled Carnegie to build an empire and inspired him to establish an endowment to build libraries throughout the nation. This building was the first Carnegie grant in Kansas, though the Leavenworth library was the first dedicated in Kansas. 4 Fairmount College(Wichita State University) Wichita $40,000 West of Fiske Hall Library 1909–1939, Art and Journalism 1939–1964, fire destroyed this building in 1964. Three columns from the former building currently sit next to a 17th street entrance at WSU. The Ulrich Museum of Art currently sits on the former site of this building. 5 McPherson College McPherson $13,500 Library 1907–1972, now Beeghly Hall 6 Midland College Atchison $15,000 7 Washburn College Topeka $40,000 1675 SW 18th St.

See also List of libraries in the United States

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References

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 (usually Jones) without support from the others. Reader discretion is advised.

External links Carnegie Legacy in Kansas by Allen Gardiner