The following list of Carnegie libraries in Kentucky provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Kentucky, where 23 public libraries were built from 15 grants (totaling $795,300) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1899 to 1914. In addition, academic libraries were built at 4 institutions (totaling $101,500). As of 2013, 24 of these buildings are still standing, and 7 still operate as libraries.

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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 (Louisville) are listed only by their total amount, not broken down for each branch.Location Notes 1 Corbin Corbin $6,000 402 Roy Kidd Ave. 2 Covington Covington $85,000 1028 Scott Blvd. Now the Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center containing five art galleries and a theater 3 Henderson Henderson $25,000 101 S. Main St. 4 Hickman Hickman $10,000 312 Main St. 5 Hopkinsville Hopkinsville $15,000 708 Liberty St. Vacant since the library moved in 1977. Undergoing restoration, to reopen as the Hopkinsville Carnegie Library of Kentucky Architecture 6 Lawrenceburg Lawrenceburg $5,800 108 E. Woodford St. 7 Lexington Lexington $60,000 251 W. 2nd St. 8 Louisville Main Louisville $450,000 301 W. York St. Main branch of Louisville Free Public Library 9 Louisville Crescent Hill Louisville — 2762 Frankfort Ave. 10 Louisville Eastern Louisville — 600 Lampton St. 11 Louisville Highland Louisville — 1000 Cherokee Rd. 12 Louisville Jefferson Louisville — 1718 W. Jefferson St. 13 Louisville Parkland Louisville — 2743 Virginia Ave. 14 Louisville Portland Louisville — 3305 Northwestern Parkway 15 Louisville Shelby Park Louisville — 600 E. Oak St. 16 Louisville Western Louisville — 604 S. 10th St. 17 Middlesboro Middlesboro $15,000 207 N. 20th St. 18 Newport Newport $26,500 401 Monmouth St. A new library structure for Newport opened in 2004. Today the former Carnegie library hosts the Carnegie Hall event center. 19 Owensboro Owensboro $30,000 901 Frederica Ave. 20 Paducah Paducah $35,000 Burned December 30, 1964. 21 Paris Paris $12,000 701 High St. 22 Shelbyville Shelbyville $10,000 309 8th St. 23 Somerset Somerset $10,000 300 College St.

Academic libraries InstitutionLocality ImageYeargrantedMiller, pp. 38–40GrantamountLocation Notes 1 Berea College Berea $30,000 Now called the Frost Building, houses classrooms 2 Centre College Danville $30,000 Open 1913–1967 3 Kentucky Wesleyan College Winchester $15,000 15 Wheeler Ave. County Parks and Recreation 4 University of Kentucky Lexington $26,500

See also List of libraries in the United States

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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.