The following list of Carnegie libraries in South Dakota provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in South Dakota, where 25 public libraries were built from 25 grants (totaling $254,000) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1917. In addition, academic libraries were built at 2 institutions (totaling $57,000).
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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 Aberdeen Aberdeen $15,000 Open 1902–1950 2 Armour Armour $7,500 915 Main St. 3 Britton Britton $7,500 Open 1921–2002, demolished for school expansion 4 Brookings Brookings $10,000 524 4th St. Open 1915–1976, now the Brookings Arts Council 5 Canton Canton $10,000 Now a day care center 6 Dallas Dallas $5,000 405 Main St. Opened September 18, 1914 7 Deadwood Deadwood $15,000 435 Williams St. 8 Dell Rapids Dell Rapids $6,000 513 N. Orleans Ave. 9 Hot Springs Hot Springs $10,000 145 N. Chicago St. Now an insurance office 10 Huron Huron $10,000 Open 1909–1965 11 Lake Andes Carnegie Library Lake Andes $5,000 500 Main St. Listed on National Register of Historic Places in 2000, still in operation in 2022. 12 Madison Madison $10,000 209 E. Center St. 13 Milbank Milbank $7,000 211 S. 3rd St. Closed 1979, now a museum 14 Mitchell Mitchell $12,000 119 W. 3rd Ave. Now houses historical and genealogical societies 15 Pierre Pierre $12,500 Open 1905–1972. Heavily damaged by fire in 1994, demolished 1995 16 Rapid City Rapid City $12,500 604 Kansas City St. 17 Redfield Redfield $10,000 5 E. 5th Ave. Opened in 1902 18 Sioux Falls Sioux Falls $30,000 235 W. 10th St. Open 1903–1972, now the town hall 19 Sisseton Sisseton $7,500 215 Oak St. E 20 Tyndall Tyndall $7,500 110 W. 17th Ave. 21 Vermillion Vermillion $10,000 12 Church St. 22 Wagner Wagner $5,000 23 Watertown Watertown $10,000 27 1st Ave. SE Open 1906–1967, now a museum 24 Wessington Springs Wessington Springs $7,000 109 W. Main St. 25 Yankton Yankton $12,000 4th and Capitol Sts.
Academic libraries
InstitutionLocality ImageDategrantedMiller, pp. 38–40GrantamountLocation Notes 1 University of South Dakota Vermillion $40,000 350 E. Clark St. Now the National Music Museum 2 Yankton College Yankton $17,000 About 1048 Douglas Ave. Became the Art Building in 1970. Part of Federal Prison Camp, Yankton since 1988
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.