The following list of Carnegie libraries in Louisiana provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Louisiana, where 9 libraries were built from 4 grants (totaling $380,000) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1907. As of 2013, 6 of these buildings are still standing, and 3 still operate as libraries.
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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 (New Orleans) are listed only by their total amount, not broken down for each branch.Location Notes 1 Alexandria Alexandria $10,000 503 Washington St. Now a museum and genealogical library 2 Jennings Jennings $10,000 303 Cary Ave. 3 Lake Charles Lake Charles $10,000 411 Pujo St. Replaced c.1950 4 New Orleans Main New Orleans $350,000 Demolished c.1960 5 New Orleans Algiers New Orleans — 725 Pelican Ave. 6 New Orleans Canal New Orleans — 2940 Canal St. Open 1911–1958, now a yoga center 7 New Orleans Dryades New Orleans — 1924 Philip St. "Colored" branch during the era of racial segregation, open 1915–1965. Now a YMCA center 8 New Orleans Napoleon New Orleans — 913 Napoleon Ave. 9 New Orleans Royal New Orleans — Severely damaged by Hurricane Betsy in 1965, demolished
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.