List of Carnegie libraries in Utah
The following list of Carnegie libraries in Utah provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Utah, where 23 libraries were built from 23 grants (totaling $255,470) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1919. As of 2020, 16 of these buildings are still standing, and 10 still operate as libraries.
![List of Carnegie libraries in Utah is located in Utah](../I/USA_Utah_location_map.svg.png.webp)
![Beaver](../I/Lightgreen_pog.svg.png.webp)
![Brigham City](../I/Lightgreen_pog.svg.png.webp)
![Chapman Branch](../I/Lightgreen_pog.svg.png.webp)
![Ephraim](../I/Lightgreen_pog.svg.png.webp)
![Eureka](../I/Gold_pog.svg.png.webp)
![Garland](../I/Lightgreen_pog.svg.png.webp)
![Lehi](../I/Gold_pog.svg.png.webp)
![Manti](../I/Lightgreen_pog.svg.png.webp)
![Mt. Pleasant](../I/Lightgreen_pog.svg.png.webp)
![Panguitch](../I/Gold_pog.svg.png.webp)
![Provo](../I/Gold_pog.svg.png.webp)
![Richfield](../I/Lightgreen_pog.svg.png.webp)
![Richmond](../I/Lightgreen_pog.svg.png.webp)
![Smithfield](../I/Lightgreen_pog.svg.png.webp)
![Springville](../I/Gold_pog.svg.png.webp)
![Tooele](../I/Gold_pog.svg.png.webp)
Key
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
Library | City or town |
Image | Date granted[1] |
Grant amount[1] |
Location | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | American Fork | American Fork | Sep 26, 1919 | $10,000 | 54 E. Main St. | Last Carnegie library granted in the United States; demolished | |
2 | Beaver | Beaver | ![]() |
Dec 8, 1913 | $10,000 | 55 W. Center St. 38°16′24″N 112°38′29″W |
Federal Revival style, built c. 1917 |
3 | Brigham City | Brigham City | ![]() |
Jun 11, 1914 | $12,500 | 26 E. Forest St. 41°30′39″N 112°00′51″W |
Prairie Style, completed December 15, 1915 |
4 | Cedar City | Cedar City | Apr 3, 1912 | $10,000 | Near 20 N. Main St. | Completed in 1914, condemned c. 1947, demolished c. 1969 | |
5 | Chapman Branch | Salt Lake City | ![]() |
Mar 31, 1916 | $25,000 | 577 S. 900 West 40°45′24″N 111°54′58″W |
Classical Revival style, dedicated May 1918 |
6 | Ephraim | Ephraim | ![]() |
Jan 14, 1914 | $10,000 | 30 S. Main St. 39°22′05″N 111°35′12″W |
Beaux-Arts style, dedicated March 27, 1915 |
7 | Eureka | Eureka | ![]() |
Dec 24, 1907 | $11,000 | 263 W. Main St. 39°57′15″N 112°07′13″W |
Dedicated October 13, 1909, extensively altered in 1947; now the Eureka Memorial Building |
8 | Garland | Garland | ![]() |
Jan 17, 1912 | $8,000 | 86 W. Factory St. 41°44′29″N 112°09′46″W |
Classical Revival style, dedicated December 12, 1914 |
9 | Lehi | Lehi | ![]() |
Nov 7, 1917 | $10,000 | 51 N. Center St. 40°23′19″N 111°50′56″W |
North wing of the old Lehi City Hall, Mission Style, dedicated December 30, 1921. Now a museum |
10 | Manti | Manti | ![]() |
Mar 21, 1910 | $11,470 | 2 S. Main St. 39°15′55″N 111°37′59″W |
Classical Revival style, dedicated January 2, 1912 |
11 | Mount Pleasant | Mount Pleasant | ![]() |
May 15, 1916 | $10,000 | 24 E. Main St. 39°32′48″N 111°27′14″W |
Prairie Style, dedicated February 15, 1917 |
12 | Murray | Murray | ![]() |
Jan 6, 1911 | $10,000 | 184 E. Vine St. 40°39′49″N 111°53′12″W |
Demolished March 11, 2020 |
13 | Ogden | Ogden | Mar 9, 1901 | $25,000 | 26th St. and Washington Blvd. | Opened April 21, 1903; demolished February 10, 1969 | |
14 | Panguitch | Panguitch | ![]() |
Dec 3, 1915 | $6,000 | 75 E. Center St. 37°49′23″N 112°26′01″W |
Built c. 1918 |
15 | Parowan | Parowan | Jan 31, 1913 | $6,000 | Demolished | ||
16 | Price | Price | Jan 2, 1913 | $10,000 | 159 E. Main St. | Finished January 17, 1915. Demolished and replaced by a new library building in 1957 | |
17 | Provo | Provo | Apr 8, 1907 | $17,500 | 15 N. 100 East 40°14′02″N 111°39′25.5″W |
Original building completely enclosed by a 1939 WPA-sponsored addition | |
18 | Richfield | Richfield | ![]() |
Jan 6, 1911 | $10,000 | 83 E. Center St. 38°46′06″N 112°04′57″W |
American Craftsman style, dedicated May 14, 1913 |
19 | Richmond | Richmond | ![]() |
Sep 27, 1912 | $8,000 | 38 W. Main St. 41°55′23″N 111°48′32″W |
Classical Revival style, opened October 20, 1914 |
20 | Smithfield | Smithfield | ![]() |
Jan 7, 1918 | $12,000 | 25 N. Main St. 41°50′14″N 111°49′13″W |
Prairie Style, completed in 1921 |
21 | Springville | Springville | ![]() |
Nov 9, 1916 | $10,000 | 175 S. Main St. 40°09′51″N 111°36′36″W |
Prairie Style, opened January 1922. Now a museum |
22 | St. George | St. George | Jan 31, 1913 | $8,000 | Completed in 1916, demolished in 1981 | ||
23 | Tooele | Tooele | ![]() |
Jan 5, 1909 | $5,000 | 47 E. Vine St. 40°31′52″N 112°17′48″W |
Classical Revival style, opened May 10, 1911. Now a museum |
Notes
References
- 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.