The following list of Carnegie libraries in Oklahoma, provides detailed information on United States' Carnegie libraries in Oklahoma, where 24 public libraries were built from 24 grants (totaling $464,500) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1899 to 1916. In addition, an academic library was built at the University of Oklahoma in Norman from a $30,000 grant given on February 20, 1903.
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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.GrantamountLocation Notes 1 Ardmore Ardmore $15,000 500 Stanley Street SW Current location of the Pansy Garden Club 2 Bartlesville Bartlesville $12,500 7th and Osage Currently Law Offices 3 Chickasha Chickasha $10,000 527 Iowa Ave Razed in 1963 4 Collinsville Collinsville $7,500 1223 W Main St 5 Cordell Cordell $9,000 105 E 1st St Location of Washita County Historical Society museum since 1981 6 El Reno El Reno $12,500 215 E. Wade 7 Elk City Elk City $10,000 221 West Broadway 8 Enid Enid $25,000 402 North Independence Avenue Razed in 1972 9 Frederick Frederick $10,000 200 East Grand 10 Guthrie Guthrie $26,000 406 E Oklahoma Ave Now part of the Oklahoma Territorial Museum 11 Hobart Hobart $10,000 200 S Main 12 Lawton Lawton $20,000 5th & "B" Avenue Currently the home of Arts for All and under the guardianship of the McMahon Auditorium Authority and the City of Lawton Arts and Humanities division 13 McAlester McAlester $25,000 325 E. Grand Avenue Razed in 1973 14 Miami Miami $10,000 200 N. Main Razed in 1962 15 Muskogee Muskogee $60,000 401 E. Broadway Currently occupied by Ark of Faith 16 Oklahoma City Oklahoma City $60,000 131 Dean A. McGee Avenue Razed in 1951 17 Perry Perry $10,000 302 North 7th Street 18 Ponca City Ponca City $6,500 Grand Avenue and Fifth Street Razed in 1935 19 Sapulpa Sapulpa $25,000 27 W Dewey 20 Shawnee Shawnee $15,500 331 North Broadway Now the District Attorney's office 21 Tahlequah Tahlequah $10,000 120 S. College Ave A new building was attached to the Carnegie building and was dedicated in 1978. This new addition currently serves as the primary library facility while the Carnegie building serves as a meeting and special occasion area, still in use by the Tahlequah Public Library. 22 Tulsa Tulsa $55,000 3rd and Cheyenne Razed in 1965 23 University of Oklahoma Norman $30,000 650 Parrington Oval Now the Department of Classics and Letters, the Institute for the American Constitutional Heritage, and the Office of Academic Integrity 24 Wagoner Wagoner $10,000 102 South State 25 Woodward Woodward $10,000 1207 8th Street
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.