The following list of Carnegie libraries in New York provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in New York, where 107 public libraries were built from 42 grants (totaling $6,416,821) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1899 to 1917. In addition, academic libraries were built at 3 institutions (totaling $247,949).
Of the 107 public libraries, 66 were built in New York City alone and are listed separately.
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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.GrantamountLocation Notes 1 Amsterdam Amsterdam $25,000 28 Church St. Construction began 1902, opened 1903 2 Andover Andover $5,000 40 Main St. Opened 1912 3 Binghamton Binghamton $75,000 78 Exchange St. Open 1904–2002 4 Bolivar Bolivar $5,000 390 Main St. Opened 1910 5 Canastota Canastota $10,000 102 W. Center St. 6 Catskill Catskill $20,000 1 Franklin St. 7 Chatham Chatham $15,000 11 Woodbridge Ave Opened 1905 8 Dunkirk Dunkirk $25,000 536 Central Ave. 9 Elmira Elmira $70,000 400 E. Church St. The new Steele Library at 101 E. Church opened in 1979. 10 Fleischmanns Fleischmanns 1901 $5,000 1017 Main St. 11 Franklinville Franklinville $2,200 5 N. Main St. 12 Fulton Fulton $15,000 160 S. 1st St. 13 Gloversville Gloversville $50,000 58 E. Fulton St. 14 Hamburg Hamburg $5,000 102 Buffalo St. 15 Hornell Hornell $25,000 64 Genesee St. 16 Johnstown Johnstown $16,000 38 S. Market St. Construction started in 1902. 17 Kingston Kingston $30,000 405 Broadway Now a part of Kingston High School. The current library is located at 55 Franklin St. 18 Lackawanna Lackawanna $30,000 560 Ridge Rd. 19 Mount Vernon Mount Vernon $72,000 28 S. 1st Ave. 20 New Rochelle New Rochelle $60,000 662 Main St. 21 Niagara Falls Niagara Falls $50,000 1022 Main St. 22 North Tonawanda North Tonawanda $20,000 240 Goundry St. 23 Northport Northport $10,000 215 Main St. 24 Nyack Nyack $15,000 59 S. Broadway 25 Olean Olean $40,000 116 S. Union St. 26 Ossining Ossining $26,000 27 Patchogue Patchogue $15,000 160 W. Main St. Open 1908–1981, moved to a temporary location in 2012."Carnegie Library Moving Wednesday," by Michael Sorrentino (Patchogue Patch) Moved to current location in 2013, re-opened in 2016 as Teen Center at the Patchogue-Medford Carnegie Library. 28 Penn Yan Penn Yan $10,000 214 Main St. 29 Perry Perry $12,000 70 Main St. N. 30 Port Jervis Port Jervis $30,000 138 Pike St. 31 Rockville Centre Rockville Centre $10,000 11 Clinton Ave. 32 Salamanca Salamanca $17,500 45 S. Main St. Open 1920–1976, now a law office 33 Saugerties Saugerties $12,500 91 Washington Ave. 34 Schenectady Schenectady $50,000 Open 1903–1970, now Webster House, a dormitory at Union College 35 Solvay Solvay $10,000 615 Woods Rd. 36 Syracuse Syracuse $200,000 335 Montgomery St. Open 1905–1988 37 Theresa Theresa $7,500 301 Main St. 38 Ticonderoga Ticonderoga $7,000 161 Montcalm St. 39 Warsaw Warsaw $12,500 130 N. Main St. 40 White Plains White Plains $40,000 41 Yonkers Yonkers $50,000
Academic libraries
InstitutionLocality ImageYeargrantedMiller, pp. 38–40GrantamountLocation Notes 1 Alfred University Alfred $10,000$20,000 Renamed Jordan Hall in 2021, houses Alfred University administration and finance offices 2 Syracuse University Syracuse $150,000 One of the Comstock Tract Buildings 3 Wells College Aurora $57,949$10,000 Open 1911–1968, now Cleveland Hall
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 without support from the others. Reader discretion is advised.