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The following list of Carnegie libraries in New York provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in New York, where 107 public libraries were built from 42 grants (totaling $6,416,821) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1899 to 1917. In addition, academic libraries were built at 3 institutions (totaling $247,949).

Of the 107 public libraries, 66 were built in New York City alone and are listed separately.

Key

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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] 		Location Notes
1 Amsterdam Amsterdam Feb 4, 1902 $25,000 28 Church St. Construction began 1902, opened 1903
2 Andover Andover Nov 21, 1911 $5,000 40 Main St. Opened 1912
3 Binghamton Binghamton Apr 26, 1902 $75,000 78 Exchange St. Open 1904–2002
4 Bolivar Bolivar Apr 10, 1909 $5,000 390 Main St. Opened 1910
5 Canastota Canastota Jan 10, 1902 $10,000 102 W. Center St.
6 Catskill Catskill Feb 2, 1901 $20,000 1 Franklin St.
7 Chatham Chatham Aug 16, 1901 $15,000 11 Woodbridge Ave Opened 1905
8 Dunkirk Dunkirk Feb 20, 1904 $25,000 536 Central Ave.
9 Elmira Elmira Jan 28, 1916 $70,000 400 E. Church St. The new Steele Library at 101 E. Church opened in 1979.
10 Fleischmanns Fleischmanns 1901 $5,000 1017 Main St.
11 Franklinville Franklinville May 8, 1914 $2,200 5 N. Main St.
12 Fulton Fulton Mar 14, 1902 $15,000 160 S. 1st St.
13 Gloversville Gloversville Mar 8, 1901 $50,000 58 E. Fulton St.
14 Hamburg Hamburg Jul 23, 1914 $5,000 102 Buffalo St.
15 Hornell Hornell Jan 22, 1903 $25,000 64 Genesee St.
16 Johnstown Johnstown Mar 6, 1901 $16,000 38 S. Market St. Construction started in 1902.
17 Kingston Kingston Apr 26, 1902 $30,000 55 Franklin St.
18 Lackawanna Lackawanna May 3, 1917 $30,000 560 Ridge Rd.
19 Mount Vernon Mount Vernon Feb 19, 1901 $72,000 28 S. 1st Ave.
20 New Rochelle New Rochelle Mar 14, 1901 $60,000 662 Main St.
21 Niagara Falls Niagara Falls Mar 8, 1901 $50,000 1022 Main St.
22 North Tonawanda North Tonawanda Dec 27, 1902 $20,000 240 Goundry St.
23 Northport Northport May 21, 1913 $10,000 215 Main St.
24 Nyack Nyack Dec 21, 1901 $15,000 59 S. Broadway
25 Olean Olean Nov 27, 1906 $40,000 116 S. Union St.
26 Ossining Ossining Dec 23, 1911 $26,000
27 Patchogue Patchogue Jan 8, 1905 $15,000 160 W. Main St. Open 1908–1981, moved to a temporary location in 2012.[2][3] Moved to current location in 2013, re-opened in 2016 as Teen Center at the Patchogue-Medford Carnegie Library.
28 Penn Yan Penn Yan Jan 6, 1903 $10,000 214 Main St.
29 Perry Perry Jul 13, 1912 $12,000 70 Main St. N.
30 Port Jervis Port Jervis Feb 21, 1901 $30,000 138 Pike St.
31 Rockville Centre Rockville Centre Dec 14, 1903 $10,000 11 Clinton Ave.
32 Salamanca Salamanca Feb 3, 1917 $17,500 45 S. Main St. Open 1920–1976, now a law office
33 Saugerties Saugerties Sep 25, 1914 $12,500 91 Washington Ave.
34 Schenectady Schenectady Feb 13, 1901 $50,000 Open 1903–1970, now Webster House, a dormitory at Union College
35 Solvay Solvay Jan 13, 1903 $10,000 615 Woods Rd.
36 Syracuse Syracuse Jan 15, 1901 $200,000 335 Montgomery St. Open 1905–1988
37 Theresa Theresa Jan 18, 1910 $7,500 301 Main St.
38 Ticonderoga Ticonderoga Mar 8, 1904 $7,000 161 Montcalm St.
39 Warsaw Warsaw Feb 5, 1904 $12,500 130 N. Main St.
40 White Plains White Plains Dec 20, 1904 $40,000
41 Yonkers Yonkers Mar 8, 1901 $50,000

Academic libraries

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Institution Locality Image Year
granted[4] 		Grant
amount[4] 		Location Notes
1 Alfred University Alfred Mar 26, 1906
Jan 2, 1913 		$10,000
$20,000 		Renamed Jordan Hall in 2021, houses Alfred University administration and finance offices
2 Syracuse University Syracuse Mar 15, 1905 $150,000 One of the Comstock Tract Buildings
3 Wells College Aurora Feb 20, 1908
December 22, 1922 		$57,949
$10,000 		Open 1911–1968, now Cleveland Hall

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. ^ "Carnegie Library Moving Wednesday," by Michael Sorrentino (Patchogue Patch)
  3. ^ "The Carnegie Library Move (Greater Patchogue Historical Society)". Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-01-25.
  4. ^ 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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