List of Carnegie libraries in Massachusetts

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.

## 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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town  | Image  | Date
granted[1] | Grant
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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
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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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* Bibliography of Massachusetts
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* List of public libraries in Massachusetts
* List of Massachusetts-related lists
* Outline of Massachusetts

## 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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