The following list of Carnegie libraries in Texas provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Texas, where 32 public libraries were built from 30 grants (totaling $649,500) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1898 to 1915. In addition, an academic library was built at Wiley University in Marshall from a $15,000 grant awarded March 26, 1906.
Today 13 of these buildings survive, with 10 listed on the National Register of Historic Places. They were often designed by the leading Texas architects of the day. For example, the now-demolished main libraries in Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio were works by James Riely Gordon, the master architect of county courthouses.
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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 Abilene Abilene $17,500 Building demolished in 1958 2 Ballinger Ballinger $17,500 204 N 8th St Still a public library 3 Belton Belton $10,000 201 N Main St Now the Bell County Museum 4 Brownwood Brownwood $15,000 Building demolished in 1965 5 Bryan Bryan $10,000 111 S Main St Now the Carnegie History Center 6 Clarksville Clarksville $10,000 Building destroyed by fire in 1980 7 Cleburne Cleburne $20,000 201 N Caddo St Now the Layland Museum 8 Corsicana Corsicana $25,000 Building demolished in 1967 9 Dallas Main Dallas $76,000 Commerce & Harwood Streets Building demolished in 1954 10 Dallas Branch Dallas — Building demolished 11 El Paso El Paso $37,500 Building demolished in 1968 12 Fort Worth Fort Worth $50,000 W 9th St and Throckmorton St Building demolished in 1937 13 Franklin Franklin $7,500 315 E Decherd Now the Robertson County Public Library 14 Gainesville Gainesville $15,000 201 S Denton St Now the Butterfield Stage 15 Greenville Greenville $15,000 Building demolished in 1953 16 Houston Main Houston $65,000 Building demolished 17 Houston Segregated Houston $15,000 Frederick St. and Robin St. (later replatted, the area is now Two Allen Center) Building demolished in 1970s 18 Jefferson Jefferson $10,000 301 W Lafayette Still the Jefferson Carnegie Library 19 Memphis Memphis $10,000 Building demolished in mid-1980s 20 Palestine Palestine $15,000 502 N Queen St Resumed service as the Palestine Public Library in June 2023 21 Pecos Pecos $9,000 Building demolished in early 1960s 22 Pittsburg Pittsburg $5,000 The eighth library in the US to be commissioned by Carnegie and only the second outside of Southwestern Pennsylvania. Building destroyed by fire in 1939 23 San Antonio San Antonio $70,000 Building demolished 24 Sherman Sherman $20,000 301 S Walnut Now The Sherman Museum 25 Stamford Stamford $15,000 600 E McHarg St Still the Stamford Carnegie Library 26 Sulphur Springs Sulphur Springs $12,000 100 Jefferson St WNow Alliance Bank 27 Temple Temple $15,000 Building destroyed by fire in 1918 28 Terrell Terrell $10,000 207 N Frances St Now the Terrell Heritage Museum 29 Tyler Tyler $15,000 125 S College St Now the Smith County History Center 30 Vernon Vernon $12,500 Building demolished in late 1970s 31 Waco Waco $30,000 Building demolished 32 Winnsboro Winnsboro $10,000 Building demolished in 1967
Academic library InstitutionLocality ImageDategrantedGrantamountLocation Notes 1 Wiley University Marshall $15,000 711 Wiley Ave. Now the Willis J. King Administration Building
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.