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The following list of Carnegie libraries in Massachusetts provides information on Carnegie public libraries in Massachusetts, where 43 of them were built from 1901 to 1917, funded by 35 grants totaling $1,137,500 and awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Massachusetts Carnegie libraries were also built at five academic institutions at a cost of $513,846.

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  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

Public libraries

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Library City or
town 		Image Date
granted[1] 		Grant
amount[1][2] 		Location Notes
1 Ashland Ashland Feb 20, 1903 $10,000 66 Front St.
2 Athol Athol Mar 14, 1902 $22,000 568 Main St.
3 Berkley Berkley Feb 6, 1915 $5,000 1 N. Main St.
4 Brockton Brockton Apr 16, 1910 $110,000 304 Main St.
5 Chelsea Chelsea Jul 20, 1908 $60,000 569 Broadway
6 Clinton Clinton Mar 8, 1901 $25,000 54 Walnut St.
7 Dighton Dighton Feb 15, 1905 $6,000 395 Main St.
8 Edgartown Edgartown Apr 26, 1902 $4,000 58 N. Water St.
9 Granby Granby Mar 31, 1916 $5,000 Library Ln.
10 Holliston Holliston Jan 6, 1903 $10,000 752 Washington St.
11 Hudson Hudson Jan 6, 1903 $12,500 3 Washington St.
12 Lakeville Lakeville Jul 13, 1912 $5,000 241 Main St.
13 Lee Lee Nov 25, 1903 $12,000 100 Main St.
14 Leominster Leominster Dec 24, 1906 $27,500 30 West St. Hartwell, Richardson & Driver, architects.
15 Lynn Haywood Lynn Mar 16, 1915 $50,000 270 Broadway Now a subdivided commercial building.
16 Lynn Houghton Lynn Mar 16, 1915 — 833 Western Ave. No longer a library.
17 Marlborough Marlborough Apr 26, 1902 $30,000 35 W. Main St. Peabody & Stearns, architects.
18 Melrose Melrose Dec 30, 1901 $25,000 69 W. Emerson St.
19 Millbury Millbury Mar 16, 1915 $12,500 128 Elm St.
20 Needham Needham Jan 13, 1903 $10,000 968 Highland Ave. Opened in 1904, replaced in 1914, old building demolished in the 1960s
21 New Marlborough New Marlborough Feb 3, 1917 $5,000 Burned down Jun 16, 1996
22 Reading Reading Jan 2, 1902 $15,000 16 Lowell St. Now part of the town hall
23 Revere Revere Oct 3, 1901 $20,000 179 Beach St.
24 Rockland Rockland Jan 13, 1903 $12,500 20 Belmont St.
25 Rockport Rockport Jun 18, 1903 $10,000 18 Jewett St. Now a private residence
26 Saugus Saugus Nov 9, 1916 $17,000 Demolished in the 1990s
27 Sharon Sharon Mar 14, 1913 $10,000 11 N. Main St.
28 Somerville Central Somerville Apr 8, 1907 $123,000 79 Highland Ave.
29 Somerville East Somerville Apr 8, 1907 — 115 Broadway
30 Somerville West Somerville Apr 8, 1907 — 40 College Ave.
31 South Hadley South Hadley Dec 8, 1905 $10,000 27 Bardwell St.
32 Springfield Central Springfield Mar 30, 1905 $260,000 220 State St.
33 Springfield Forest Park Springfield Mar 30, 1905 — 380 Belmont Ave.
34 Springfield Indian Orchard Springfield Mar 30, 1905 — 44 Oak St.
35 Springfield Memorial Square Springfield Mar 30, 1905 — 22 St. George Rd.
36 Stoneham Stoneham Jan 13, 1903 $15,000 431 Main St.
37 Taunton Taunton Apr 26, 1902 $70,000 12 Pleasant St.
38 Turners Falls Turners Falls Mar 27, 1903 $13,500 201 Avenue A
39 Walpole Walpole Jul 16, 1901 $15,000 65 Common St. Library moved out in 2012; building sold.
40 West Springfield West Springfield Sep 20, 1915 $25,000 200 Park St.
41 Worcester Frances Perkins Worcester Jul 1, 1910 $75,000 470 W. Boylston St. Greendale Branch Library
42 Worcester Quinsigamond Worcester Jul 1, 1910 — 812 Millbury St.
43 Worcester South Worcester Worcester Jul 1, 1910 — 705 Southbridge St.

Academic libraries

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Institution Locality Image Year
granted[3] 		Grant
amount[3] 		Location Notes
1 Mount Holyoke College South Hadley Dec 31, 1903 $50,000 Mount Holyoke College campus Williston Memorial Library
2 Radcliffe College Cambridge Mar 31, 1905 $73,900 10 Garden Street/Radcliffe Yard Schlesinger Library
3 Smith College Northampton Jul 13, 1905 $62,500 Smith College campus Neilson Library
4 Tufts College Medford Dec 19, 1904 $100,000 Tufts University campus Eaton Hall (no longer functions as a library)
5 Wellesley College Wellesley Mar 31, 1905
Jan 6, 1915 		$132,000
$95,446 		Wellesley College campus Margaret Clapp Library

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b At 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.
  2. ^ Grants for multiple libraries (Lynn, Somerville, Springfield, and Worcester) are listed only by their total amount, not broken down for each branch.
  3. ^ a b Miller, pp. 38–40

References

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  • Anderson, Florence (1963). Carnegie Corporation Library Program 1911–1961. New York: Carnegie Corporation. OCLC 1282382.
  • 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.
  • Miller, Durand R. (1943). Carnegie Grants for Library Buildings, 1890-1917. New York: Carnegie Corporation of New York. OCLC 2603611.

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.

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