List of Carnegie libraries in Idaho
The following list of Carnegie libraries in Idaho provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Idaho, where 11 libraries were built from 11 grants (totaling over $138,000) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1903 to 1914. As of 2010, nine of these buildings were still standing, and three still operated as libraries.
Key
[edit] Building still operating as a library
Building standing, but now serving another purpose
Building no longer standing
Building listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Building contributes to a historic district on the
National Register of Historic Places
Carnegie libraries
[edit]| Library | City or town |
Image | Date granted[1] |
Grant amount[1] |
Location | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boise | Boise | 
|
Feb 12, 1903 | $40,000 | 815 W. Washington St. 43°37′10″N 116°11′58″W / 43.61944°N 116.19944°W |
Completed 1905 |
| 2 | Caldwell | Caldwell | .jpg)
|
Apr 3, 1912 | $12,500 | 1101 Cleveland Blvd. 43°39′44″N 116°41′07″W / 43.66222°N 116.68528°W |
Completed 1914 |
| 3 | Idaho Falls | Idaho Falls | 
|
Mar 13, 1909 | $15,000 | 200 N. Eastern Dr. 43°29′25″N 112°02′14″W / 43.49028°N 112.03722°W |
Completed 1916, now part of the Museum of Idaho |
| 4 | Lewiston | Lewiston | 
|
Mar 27, 1903 | $10,000 | 101 5th St. 46°25′12″N 117°01′36″W / 46.42000°N 117.02667°W |
Built 1901, closed September 30, 1999 |
| 5 | Moscow | Moscow | 
|
Jun 2, 1904 | $10,000 | 110 S. Jefferson St. 46°44′00″N 116°59′51″W / 46.73333°N 116.99750°W |
Mission Style, opened March 1906 |
| 6 | Mountain Home | Mountain Home | 
|
Dec 13, 1907 | $6,000 | 180 S. 3rd East 43°07′57″N 115°41′29″W / 43.13250°N 115.69139°W |
Completed 1908, now a museum |
| 7 | Nampa | Nampa | January 25, 1907 | $10,500 | 1417 Second St. South between 14th and 15th Street | Completed in February 1908. Formal opening was March 7, 1908. The library moved to the First Security Bank building in 1966. The original Carnegie building was used as the Canyon County YWCA until at least June 1976. It is said that the building burned down some time between 1976 and 1979. | |
| 8 | Pocatello | Pocatello | 
|
Nov 14, 1906 | $12,000 | 113 S. Garfield Ave. 42°51′38″N 112°27′08″W / 42.86056°N 112.45222°W |
Completed 1907 |
| 9 | Preston | Preston | Mar 11, 1914 | $10,000 | Demolished June 11, 2004 | ||
| 10 | Wallace | Wallace | .jpg)
|
Jan 18, 1910 | $12,000 | 415 River St. 47°28′28″N 115°55′31″W / 47.47444°N 115.92528°W |
Completed 1911 |
| 11 | Weiser | Weiser | 
|
1919 | Paddock Ave. and Maryatt St. 44°15′48″N 116°58′34″W / 44.26333°N 116.97611°W |
Part of the Intermountain Institute (old high school). Closed when the new high school and public library were constructed in the 1960s. |
Notes
[edit]References
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- Bobinski, George S. (1969). Carnegie Libraries: Their History and Impact on American Public Library Development. Chicago: American Library Association. ISBN 0-8389-0022-4.
- Jones, Theodore (1997). Carnegie Libraries Across America. New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-14422-3.
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.
