List of Carnegie libraries in the Caribbean
Appearance
This is a list of Carnegie libraries in the Caribbean. Although most of Carnegie's philanthropic efforts were aimed at North America and Europe, a handful of libraries are scattered in other areas of the world.
Community | Country | Image | Date granted[1][2] |
Grant amount[1][3] |
Location | Notes | |
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1 | Bridgetown, (St. Michael) |
Barbados | Aug 22, 1903 | $23,330 | Coleridge St. | UNESCO listed main branch of the National Library Service of Barbados | |
2 | Roseau | Dominica | Mar 14, 1905 | $7,500 | |||
3 | Georgetown | Guyana | Oct 15, 1906 | $34,100 | |||
4 | San Juan | Puerto Rico | c. 1914 | $100,000 | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Biblioteca Carnegie | ||
5 | Castries | Saint Lucia | May 15, 1916 | $10,400 | |||
6 | Kingstown | Saint Vincent | Oct 15, 1906 | $9,825 | |||
7 | Carapichaima | Trinidad and Tobago | c. 1919 | Now the Indian Caribbean Museum of Trinidad and Tobago | |||
8 | San Fernando | Trinidad and Tobago | Sep 25, 1914 | $12,200 | Site of the 1921 meeting requesting elected representation | ||
Total | — | — | — | — | $197,355 | — | — |