List of Carnegie libraries in Iowa
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The following list of Carnegie libraries in Iowa provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Iowa, where 101 public libraries were built from 99 grants (totaling $1,495,706) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1892 to 1917. In addition, academic libraries were built at 7 institutions (totaling $210,000).
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| {{HD color}} align=center | 1 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Albia | Albia | | {{dts|1905|Apr|11}} | align=right | $10,000 | 203 E. Benton Ave. |
| 92.805827|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Albia Public Library}}
| Opened March 21, 1906. |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 2 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Alden | Alden | 100px | {{dts|1913|Nov|3}} | align=right | $9,000 | 1012 Water St. |
| 93.374412|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Alden Public Library}}
| This is the smallest community in the United States to be granted a Carnegie library, with a population of just 699 in 1900. A Wetherell and Gage design in the Beaux-Arts style, it was opened August 26, 1914. |
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| align=center | 3 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Algona | Algona | | {{dts|1903|Mar|27}} | align=right | $10,000 | 110 E. Nebraska St. |
| 94.236624|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Algona Public Library}}
| This Patton and Miller of Chicago design is now a private business. It was in use as a library from March 25, 1905 until 1983. |
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| align=center | 4 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Ames | Ames | | {{dts|1903|Feb|2}} | align=right | $16,000 | 515 Douglas Ave. |
| 93.612142|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Ames Public Library}}
| Opened October 20, 1904, this building has been expanded twice to accommodate growing demand. It was designed by Hawlett and Rawson of Des Moines. |
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| align=center | 5 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Atlantic | Atlantic | 100px | {{dts|1902|Mar|14}} | align=right | $12,500 | 507 Poplar St. | Opened December 28, 1903. |
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| align=center | 6 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Audubon | Audubon | | {{dts|1911|Mar|29}} | align=right | $9,000 | 401 N. Park Pl. |
| 94.931660|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Audubon Public Library}}
| Dedicated on December 3, 1912. |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 7 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Bedford | Bedford | 100px | {{dts|1907|Apr|8}} | align=right | $10,000 | 507 Jefferson St. |
| 94.720280|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Bedford Public Library}}
| Dedicated on January 25, 1916 and opened on January 26, 1916. |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 8 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Bloomfield | 100px | {{dts|1911|Nov|21}} | align=right | $10,000 | 107 N. Columbia St. |
| 92.416391|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Bloomfield Public Library}}
| Opened August 8, 1913, this building was designed by Wetherall and Gage of Des Moines. |
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| align=center | 9 | {{Carnegie library razed color}} | Britt | Britt | | {{dts|1916|Mar|31}} | align=right | $8,000 | | Dedicated June 20, 1918, this building was razed in 1968. |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 10 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Carroll | Carroll | | {{dts|1903|Feb|12}} | align=right | $10,000 | 123 E. 6th St. |
| 94.866879|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Carroll Public Library}}
| Dedicated September 2, 1905, this building is now the Carroll County Historical Museum. |
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| align=center | 11 | {{Carnegie library razed color}} | Cedar Falls | | {{dts|1902|Mar|14}} | align=right | $15,000 | Main St. & W. 6th St. |
| 92.445509|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Cedar Falls Public Library}}
| Dedicated on September 24, 1903, this building housed the library for Cedar Falls until 2004, when it was demolished for construction of a new library. |
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| align=center | 12 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Cedar Rapids | 100px | {{dts|1901|Feb|19}} | align=right | $75,000 | 410 3rd Ave. SE |
| 91.664579|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Cedar Rapids Public Library}}
| Now the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, this Josselyn and Taylor building opened on June 23, 1905 and served as the library until 1985. |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 13 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Chariton | Chariton | 100px | {{dts|1903|Jan|13}} | align=right | $11,000 | 803 Braden Ave. |
| 93.304996|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Chariton Public Library}}
| A Patton and Miller work, this building opened October 28, 1904. |
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| align=center | 14 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Charles City | | {{dts|1903|Jan|2}} | align=right | $12,500 | 301 N. Jackson St. |
| 92.679141|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Charles City Public Library}}
| Now the Charles City Art Center, this library opened November 24, 1904 and was designed by Patton and Miller. |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 15 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Cherokee | Cherokee | 100px | {{dts|1903|Jan|6}} | align=right | $12,000 | 215 S. 2nd St. |
| 95.551357|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Cherokee Public Library}}
| Dedicated May 2, 1905, this building was designed by Wetherall and Gage. |
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| align=center | 16 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Clarinda | Clarinda | 100px | {{dts|1907|Feb|21}} | align=right | $15,000 | 300 N. 16th St. |
| 95.037854|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Clarinda Public Library}}
| Dedicated April 15, 1909, this building served the city until 2004 and now houses an art museum. |
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| align=center | 17 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Clear Lake | | {{dts|1916|Mar|31}} | align=right | $8,500 | 200 N. 4th St. |
| 93.382545|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Clear Lake Public Library}}
| Opened June 7, 1918, this library was expanded in 2002 by adjoining with a neighboring building. |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 18 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Clinton | Clinton | 100px | {{dts|1901|Aug|24}} | align=right | $45,000 | 306 8th Ave. S. |
| 90.190995|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Clinton Public Library}}
| Opened November 8, 1904, this building was designed by Patton and Miller. |
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| align=center | 19 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Colfax | Colfax | | {{dts|1904|Dec|2}} | align=right | $6,500 | 25 W. Division St. |
| 93.245451|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Colfax Public Library}}
| Opened May 14, 1913. |
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| align=center | 20 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Corydon | Corydon | | {{dts|1917|Nov|7}} | align=right | $8,000 | 102 N. DeKalb St. |
| 93.320339|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Corydon Public Library}}
| Dedicated June 20, 1919, this was the final Carnegie library granted and opened in Iowa. It was designed by Proudfoot, Bird, and Rawson of Des Moines and used until August 12, 1977; the building is now a school. |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 21 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Council Bluffs | 100px | {{dts|1903|Jan|6}} | align=right | $70,000 | 200 Pearl St. S. |
| 95.851057|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Council Bluffs Public Library}}
| Opened on September 12, 1905, this Beaux-Arts building was the Council Bluffs library until 1998, when it was extensively renovated and became the Union Pacific Railroad Museum. It was the largest of the 17 Carnegie libraries Patton and Miller designed in Iowa.{{cite journal |last=Kruty |first=Paul |date=July–August 1983 |title=Patton and Miller: Designers of Carnegie Libraries |journal=The Palimpsest |location=Des Moines, Iowa |publisher=State Historical Society of Iowa |volume=64 |issue=4 |doi=10.17077/0031-0360.21611 |issn=0031-0360}} |
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| align=center | 22 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Cresco | Cresco | | {{dts|1913|Feb|13}} | align=right | $17,500 | 320 N. Elm St. |
| 92.116263|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Cresco Public Library}}
| Dedicated February 10, 1915, this building by local architect J.H. Howe is unusual among Carnegie libraries for resulting from a community grant—Cresco joined with six additional townships to receive its grant.{{cite web|url=http://www.cresco.lib.ia.us/library-information/history2|title=Cresco Public Library History|publisher=Cresco Public Library|accessdate=2009-07-09}} |
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| align=center | 23 | {{Carnegie library razed color}} | Davenport | 100px | {{dts|1899|Dec|2}} | align=right | $75,000 | 399 N. Main St. |
| 90.575516|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Davenport Public Library}}
| This Calvin Kiessling design was opened May 11, 1904, five years after local novelist Alice French lobbied Carnegie for a grant. It was condemned and demolished in 1966. |
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| align=center | 24 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Denison | Denison | | {{dts|1902|Mar|14}} | align=right | $12,500 | 1403 1st Ave. S. |
| 95.353732|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Denison Public Library}}
| A Cox and Schoentgen design which opened on August 10, 1904, this building was extensively renovated in 1985; the original rooms are used only as meeting rooms today.{{cite web|url=http://www.denison.lib.ia.us/library-information/history2/history|title=Norelius Library History|publisher=Norelius Community Library|accessdate=2009-07-09}} |
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| align=center | 25 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | DeWitt | DeWitt | | {{dts|1907|Apr|8}} | align=right | $7,116 | 510 9th St. |
| 90.537622|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=DeWitt Public Library}}
| This building was converted to City Hall in the late 1980s when a new library was built for DeWitt. C.R. Spink of Davenport was the architect; Large Brothers of DeWitt was the builder.Improvement Bulletin Vol. 35, 10/19/1907 p 22, 7/6/1907 p 21 |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 26 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Dubuque | Dubuque | 100px | {{dts|1901|Jan|12}} | align=right | $71,500 | 360 W. 11th St. |
| 90.670230|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Dubuque Public Library}}
| Opened October 20, 1902, this Spencer and Williamson design is the largest Carnegie building in Iowa still in use as a library. |
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| align=center | 27 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Dunlap | Dunlap | | {{dts|1911|May|2}} | align=right | $10,000 | 116 Iowa Ave. |
| 95.602942|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Dunlap Public Library}}
| This building was designed by Barber and Glenn of nearby Denison. It is now a church. |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 28 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Eagle Grove | 100px | {{dts|1902|Apr|26}} | align=right | $10,000 | 401 W. Broadway St. |
| 93.905962|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Eagle Grove Public Library}}
| Opened on September 15, 1903, this Smith and Gage design was a library until 1976. It is now the Eagle Grove Historical Museum. |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 29 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Eldon | Eldon | 100px | {{dts|1911|Mar|18}} | align=right | $7,500 | 608 W. Elm St. |
| 92.224367|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Eldon Public Library}}
| This Wetherall and Gage building was opened on May 9, 1913. |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 30 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Eldora | Eldora | 100px | {{dts|1901|Dec|30}} | align=right | $10,000 | 1219 14th Ave. |
| 93.098531|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Eldora Public Library}}
| Opened May 11, 1903, this Patton and Miller work is unusually asymmetrical. It is now a private business. |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 31 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Emmetsburg | 100px | {{dts|1911|Feb|20}} | align=right | $10,000 | 2008 10th St.{{coord|43.113108 |
| 94.673803|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Emmetsburg Public Library}}
| The work of architect A. T. Simmons, this building was dedicated December 13, 1912 and now houses the Iowa State University Extension Service. |
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| align=center | 32 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Estherville | 100px | {{dts|1902|Feb|15}} | align=right | $10,000 | 613 Central Ave. |
| 94.836452|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Estherville Public Library}}
| This building was greatly expanded in 1992. |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 33 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Fairfield | 100px | {{dts|1892|Jan|15}} | align=right | $30,000 | 112 S. Court St. |
| 91.962454|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Fairfield Public Library}}
| The fifth Carnegie library in the United States to be commissioned and the first outside of Western Pennsylvania. Fairfield's grant effort was spurred by Senator James F. Wilson. The Richardsonian Romanesque work is now operated by Indian Hills Community College as a satellite campus building, as a new library was built in 1996. |
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| align=center | 34 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Fort Dodge | | {{dts|1901|Jan|10}} | align=right | $30,000 | 605 1st Ave. N. |
| 94.190168|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Fort Dodge Public Library}}
| This building was designed by Milwaukee architects H. C. Koch and Son and was dedicated October 15, 1903. It operated until November 20, 2000, when a new library opened. It is currently being renovated to become an apartment complex.{{cite news|url=http://www.messengernews.net/page/content.detail/id/502766.html?showlayout=0|title=Carnegie Library: SOLD|last=Shea|first=Bill|date=January 24, 2008|work=The Messenger|accessdate=2009-07-13}} |
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| align=center | 35 | {{Carnegie library razed color}} | Garner | Garner | | {{dts|1914|Jun|11}} | align=right | $6,500 | | Dedicated August 13, 1914, this building was razed in 1977 or 1978. |
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| align=center | 36 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Glenwood | Glenwood | | {{dts|1903|Jul|27}} | align=right | $7,500 | 109 N. Vine St. |
| 95.741837|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Glenwood Public Library}}
| Opening February 4, 1907, this building was greatly renovated and modernized (for that time) in the early 1980s. |
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| align=center | 37 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Greenfield | | {{dts|1915|Sep|29}} | align=right | $7,500 | SE Kent St. and S. 1st St. |
| 94.460428|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Greenfield Public Library}}
| Omaha architect Lloyd Willis designed this Colonial Revival building which was dedicated November 27, 1916. The building was used as a library until 1997. |
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| align=center | 38 | {{Carnegie library razed color}} | Grundy Center | | {{dts|1910|Apr|8}} | align=right | $6,000 | | Designed by Conrad architect John R. Gier and opening November 6, 1912, this building was torn down to build Grundy Center's new library. |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 39 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Hamburg | Hamburg | 100px | {{dts|1915|Dec|3}} | align=right | $9,000 | 1301 Main St. | Designed by architects Sawyer and Watrous, this library was dedicated on June 9, 1919. |
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| {{HD color}} align=center | 40 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Hampton | Hampton | | {{dts|1902|Mar|14}} | align=right | $10,000 | 4 S. Federal St. | Dedicated October 6, 1905,{{cite web | url=https://www.loc.gov/item/2016630585/ | title=The public library in Hampton, Iowa. Dedicated in 1906, it was one of the 1,689 libraries built with money donated by Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie | website=Library of Congress | date=January 2016 }} this building is the design of Liebbe, Nourse, and Rasmussen. |
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| align=center | 41 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Hawarden | Hawarden | | {{dts|1901|Oct|3}} | align=right | $5,000 | 803 10th St. | A Smith and Gage design, this building was dedicated April 30, 1903, and was renovated in 1971 and 1991.{{cite web|url=http://www.hawardenlibrary.org/history.htm|title=History of the library|publisher=Hawarden Public Library|accessdate=2009-07-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100418031455/http://www.hawardenlibrary.org/history.htm|archive-date=2010-04-18|url-status=dead}} |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 42 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Humboldt | Humboldt | 100px | {{dts|1906|Dec|13}} | align=right | $10,000 | 30 N. 6th St. | Designed by Hawlett and Rawson, this library was dedicated on February 9, 1909. An addition was built in 1992. |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 43 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Indianola | 100px | {{dts|1903|Jan|13}} | align=right | $12,000 | 106 W. Boston Ave. | Dedicated on May 31, 1904, this building was in use as a library until 1984. It was designed by local architects Beymer and Keith. Today it houses the offices of the Des Moines Metro Opera. |
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| align=center | 44 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Iowa City | | {{dts|1902|Mar|14}} | align=right | $35,000 | 212 S. Linn St. | Dedicated October 29, 1904, this building served Iowa City as a library until 1981, though an addition was added in 1963. It is now home to commercial offices. |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 45 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Iowa Falls | 100px | {{dts|1903|Mar|20}} | align=right | $10,000 | 520 Rocksylvania Ave. | Dedicated August 9, 1904, this library has since 2000 been an art and history museum. |
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| align=center | 46 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Jefferson | | {{dts|1903|Feb|2}} | align=right | $10,000 | 200 W. Lincolnway St. | The design of Hawlett and Rawson, this library was dedicated April 19, 1904. An addition was added in 1967, and the building was renovated again in 1990.{{cite web|url=http://www.cityofjeffersoniowa.org/depts-library.php|title=History|publisher=City of Jefferson|accessdate=2009-07-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006230801/http://www.cityofjeffersoniowa.org/depts-library.php|archive-date=2008-10-06|url-status=dead}} |
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| align=center | 47 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Knoxville | | {{dts|1910|Nov|30}} | align=right | $10,000 | 213 E. Montgomery St. | This building was dedicated July 2, 1913. |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 48 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Lake City | 100px | {{dts|1908|May|8}} | align=right | $7,500 | 120 N. Illinois St. | This design of Edgar Lee Barber opened April 23, 1909. It is now a private restaurant. |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 49 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Laurens | Laurens | 100px | {{dts|1907|Feb|6}} | align=right | $3,800 | 263 N. 3rd St. | A Wetherell and Gage design, this building was dedicated on October 8, 1910. |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 50 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Le Mars | Le Mars | 100px | {{dts|1903|Jan|22}} | align=right | $12,500 | 200 Central Ave. SE | This building, designed by John Werling, was dedicated on January 1, 1904. It is now an art center. |
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| align=center | 51 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Leon | Leon | 100 px | {{dts|1905|Apr|20}} | align=right | $6,000 | 200 W. 1st St. | This library opened and was dedicated on November 1, 1906. |
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| align=center | 52 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Logan | Logan | | {{dts|1915|Dec|3}} | align=right | $10,000 | 121 E. 6th St. | This building was dedicated on December 28, 1920, and has served the community continuously since then. |
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| align=center | 53 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Malvern | Malvern | | {{dts|1915|Sep|29}} | align=right | $8,000 | 502 Main St. | This building was opened on June 2, 1917. This library was remodeled in 2006. |
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| align=center | 54 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Manchester | | {{dts|1902|Apr|11}} | align=right | $10,000 | 374 N. Franklin St. | This library was opened in March 1903. An addition was completed in 1993.{{cite web|url=http://www.manchester.lib.ia.us/library-information/history2/history|title=Library History|publisher=Manchester Public Library|accessdate=2009-07-24}} |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 55 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Maquoketa | 100px | {{dts|1902|Mar|14}} | align=right | $12,500 | 126 S. Second St. | Dedicated January 19, 1904, this work by architect Harry Netcott completed an expansion in 1998.{{cite web |url=https://www.carnegielibrariesiowa.org/library/maquoketa/ |title=Maquoketa Public Library |website=Carnegie Libraries in Iowa Project}} |
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| align=center | 56 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Marengo | Marengo | 100px | {{dts|1903|Mar|27}} | align=right | $10,000 | 235 E. Hilton St. | One of many Patton and Miller designs, this building was dedicated on August 4, 1905. A renovation and addition was completed in May 2007.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080726170424/http://www.marengoiowa.com/library.html Marengo, Iowa, homepage (archived)], City of Marengo. Accessed 2008-06-09. |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 57 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Marion | Marion | 100px | {{dts|1903|Jan|22}} | align=right | $11,500 | 1298 7th Ave. | Dedicated on March 6, 1905, this Dieman and Fiske design now houses offices for the United Methodist Church. |
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| {{HD color}} align=center | 58 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Marshalltown | 100px | {{dts|1901|Dec|30}} | align=right | $30,000 | 36 N. Center St. | An unusual Carnegie library built on a corner, this Patton and Miller design served as a library from April 22, 1903, until December 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.marshalltownlibrary.org/general.html#about|title=About the Library|publisher=Marshalltown Public Library|accessdate=2009-07-24}} |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 59 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Mason City | 100px | {{dts|1902|Apr|11}} | align=right | $20,000 | 208 E. State St. | A Patton and Miller design, this library was dedicated on January 10, 1905, but by 1940 a new library was opened. It now houses private businesses.{{cite web|url=http://www.masoncity.lib.ia.us/library-information/history2|title=Library History|publisher=Mason City Public Library|accessdate=2009-07-24}} |
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| align=center | 60 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Missouri Valley | | {{dts|1909|Feb|1}} | align=right | $10,000 | 119 N. Fifth St. | Dedicated on January 2, 1912, this library completed an addition in 2004.{{cite web|url=http://www.missourivalley.lib.ia.us/library-information/history2/history|title=History of Missouri Valley Public Library|publisher=Missouri Valley Public Library|accessdate=2009-07-24}} |
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| align=center | 61 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Montezuma | | {{dts|1917|May|3}} | align=right | $8,000 | 200 S. 3rd St. | This library was designed by Wetherall and Gage and was dedicated April 16, 1919, and is now home to the Poweshiek County Historical & Genealogical Society. |
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| align=center | 62 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Monticello | | {{dts|1903|Feb|12}} | align=right | $10,500 | 205 E. Grand St. | Dedicated on May 27, 1904, this Patton and Miller library was designated one of Iowa's seven most endangered historic properties in 2005.{{cite web|url=http://www.iowapreservation.org/endangered.php?endangered_year=2005|title=IHPA Most Endangered Properties|publisher=The Iowa Historic Preservation Alliance|accessdate=2009-07-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181748/http://www.iowapreservation.org/endangered.php?endangered_year=2005|archive-date=2016-03-03|url-status=dead}} |
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| align=center | 63 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Mount Ayr | 100 px | {{dts|1915|Sep|29}} | align=right | $8,000 | 121 W. Monroe St. | This library was dedicated on January 1, 1917. |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 64 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Mount Pleasant | 100px | {{dts|1903|Jan|13}} | align=right | $12,500 | 200 N. Main St. | Dedicated on February 22, 1905, this building's tower reflects a Romanesque style. It is now occupied by Southeastern Community College. |
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| align=center | 65 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Nashua | Nashua | | {{dts|1905|Jan|19}} | align=right | $5,690 | 220 Brasher St. | Dedicated on January 10, 1906, the Nashua library completed an addition in 1986.{{cite web|url=http://nashua-iowa.com/library.htm#history |title=Nashua Public Library History |publisher=Nashua Public Library |accessdate=2009-07-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209183751/http://nashua-iowa.com/library.htm |archivedate=February 9, 2009 }} |
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| align=center | 66 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | New Hampton | | {{dts|1908|Aug|15}} | align=right | $10,000 | 7 N. Water Ave. | Dedicated on February 4, 1910, this building is now the Carnegie Cultural Center. |
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| align=center | 67 | {{Carnegie library razed color}} | Newton | Newton | | {{dts|1902|Jan|22}} | align=right | $10,000 | 400 1st Ave. W. | Designed by Hallett and Rawson, this building was opened December 22, 1902, and demolished in 1994. |
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| align=center | 68 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Odebolt | Odebolt | | {{dts|1904|Mar|8}} | align=right | $4,000 | 200 S. Walnut St. | Designed by George W. Burkhead of Sioux City, this library was opened on March 1, 1905. A major addition was completed in 1999.{{cite web|url=http://www.odebolt.lib.ia.us/library-information/history2/history|title=Odebolt Field Carnegie Library History|publisher=Odebolt Field Carnegie Library|accessdate=2009-07-28}} |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 69 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Onawa | Onawa | 100px | {{dts|1907|Dec|13}} | align=right | $10,000 | 707 Iowa Ave. | An excellent example of Prairie School architecture, this building was dedicated on October 22, 1909. |
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| align=center | 70 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Osage | Osage | | {{dts|1905|Mar|27}} | align=right | $10,000 | 806 Main St. | This building was dedicated on August 1, 1911 and now houses offices for the City of Osage. |
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| align=center | 71 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Osceola | Osceola | | {{dts|1908|Dec|14}} | align=right | $11,000 | 300 S. Fillmore St. | This building was dedicated on June 15, 1911. |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 72 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Oskaloosa | 100px | {{dts|1902|Mar|14}} | align=right | $22,000 | 301 S. Market St. | Dedicated and opened on September 8, 1903, a 1997 addition doubled the size of this library.{{cite web|url=http://www.oskaloosalibrary.org/about-us/history2|title=Library History|publisher=Oskaloosa Public Library|accessdate=2009-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727154358/http://www.oskaloosalibrary.org/about-us/history2|archive-date=2011-07-27|url-status=dead}} |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 73 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Ottumwa | Ottumwa | 100px | {{dts|1900|Feb|16}} | align=right | $50,000 | 102 W. 4th St. | Designed by Smith and Gage, this building was dedicated on September 24, 1902. |
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| align=center | 74 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Pella | Pella | 100px | {{dts|1905|Nov|24}} | align=right | $11,000 | 825 Broadway St. | This building was dedicated on December 18, 1907, and served as a library until 1999. It is now Pella City Hall. |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 75 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Perry | Perry | 100px | {{dts|1903|Jan|13}} | align=right | $10,600 | 1123 Willis Ave. | This building served as the library from its dedication on December 10, 1904, until the mid–1990s. |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 76 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Red Oak | Red Oak | 100px | {{dts|1906|Nov|27}} | align=right | $12,500 | 400 N. Second St. | Dedicated and opened on October 8, 1909, this building is the design of Patton and Miller. |
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| align=center | 77 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Reinbeck | Reinbeck | | {{dts|1916|Mar|31}} | align=right | $6,000 | 501 Clark St. | Dedicated on November 7, 1917, this library constructed an addition in 1992.{{cite web|url=http://www.reinbeck.lib.ia.us/library-information/history2/history|title=Library History|publisher=Reinbeck Public Library|accessdate=2009-08-02}} |
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| align=center | 78 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Rockwell City | | {{dts|1908|Feb|10}} | align=right | $8,000 | 426 5th St. | Dedicated June 3, 1909, this building was vacated when the library moved in 2008. |
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| align=center | 79 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Sac City | Sac City | | {{dts|1911|Jan|6}} | align=right | $8,000 | 615 W. Main St. | Dedicated February 24, 1913, this library was in use until 1985. It is now the Sac City Chamber of Commerce.{{cite web|url=http://www.saccity.lib.ia.us/library-information/history2/history|title=Library History|publisher=Sac City Public Library|accessdate=2009-08-02}} |
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| align=center | 80 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Sanborn | Sanborn | | {{dts|1911|Mar|29}} | align=right | $4,000 | 407 Main St. | This library was dedicated on May 22, 1912. |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 81 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Sheldon | Sheldon | 100px | {{dts|1906|Feb|28}} | align=right | $10,000 | 321 10th St. | Built in the Beaux-Arts style, this library is now a museum. |
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| align=center | 82 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Shenandoah | | {{dts|1903|Jan|22}} | align=right | $10,000 | 201 S. Elm St. | Dedicated August 1, 1905, this library has been twice expanded. The latest remodel was in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.shenandoah.lib.ia.us/libinfo.html|title=Library Information|publisher=Shenandoah Public Library|accessdate=2009-08-02}} |
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| align=center | 83 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Sibley | Sibley | | {{dts|1915|Sep|29}} | align=right | $10,000 | 406 9th St. | Dedicated December 11, 1917, this library was expanded in 1985.{{cite web|url=http://www.sibley.lib.ia.us/library-information/history|title=Sibley Public Library History|publisher=Sibley Public Library|accessdate=2009-08-02}} |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 84 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Sigourney | 100px | {{dts|1913|Jan|2}} | align=right | $10,000 | 203 N. Jefferson St. | This library, dedicated on May 18, 1914, served the community until 2005. It is now home to a private firm. |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 85 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Sioux City Main | 100px | {{dts|1911|Apr|8}} | align=right | $75,000 | 6th St. and Jackson St. | Opened and dedicated on March 6, 1913, this library was converted into the Carnegie Place Apartments. |
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| align=center | 86 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Sioux City Leeds Branch | | {{dts|1911|Apr|8}} | align=right | $10,000 | 3901 Floyd Blvd. | This building is now an American Legion hall. |
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| align=center | 87 | {{Carnegie library razed color}} | Spencer | Spencer | | {{dts|1903|Jan|13}} | align=right | $10,000 | | This library was dedicated on March 6, 1905, and was razed in 1970. Spencer's new library was home to Dewey Readmore Books. |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 88 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Spirit Lake | 100px | {{dts|1905|Feb|1}} | align=right | $8,000 | 1801 Hill Ave. | This library was dedicated on September 24, 1912, and is now a private business. |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 89 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Storm Lake | 100px | {{dts|1903|Dec|4}} | align=right | $10,000 | 200 E. 5th St. | Designed by Paul O. Moratz and dedicated on September 29, 1906, this building is now the Buena Vista County Historical Museum. |
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| align=center | 90 | {{Carnegie library razed color}} | Stuart | Stuart | | {{dts|1906|Nov|14}} | align=right | $6,500 | 111 NE Front St. | This building was dedicated on April 3, 1908. |
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| align=center | 91 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Tama | Tama | | {{dts|1904|Aug|30}} | align=right | $8,500 | 901 McClellan St. | Dedicated on February 1, 1907, this library served Tama until 2000 when a new library was built. |
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| align=center | 92 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Tipton | Tipton | 100px | {{dts|1902|Jul|9}} | align=right | $10,000 | 206 Cedar St. | Dedicated August 16, 1904, this library was expanded in 1988.{{cite web|url=http://www.tipton.lib.ia.us/library-information/history2/history|title=Library History|publisher=Tipton Public Library|accessdate=2009-08-03}} |
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| align=center | 93 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Traer | Traer | 100px | {{dts|1914|Jun|11}} | align=right | $10,000 | 531 Second St. | This library was dedicated on March 31, 1916, and underwent a renovation and addition in 2004.{{cite web|url=http://www.traer.com/WelcomeContent.html|title=Welcome to Traer|publisher=City of Traer, Iowa|accessdate=2009-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090731152620/http://www.traer.com/WelcomeContent.html|archive-date=2009-07-31|url-status=dead}} |
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| align=center | 94 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Villisca | Villisca | 100px | {{dts|1907|May|2}} | align=right | $10,000 | 204 S. 3rd Ave. | This building was dedicated and opened on February 5, 1909. |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 95 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Vinton | Vinton | 100px | {{dts|1903|Jan|2}} | align=right | $12,500 | 510 Second Ave. | Dedicated on August 25, 1904, this library was later expanded.{{cite web|url=http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org/ld/lib-build/carnegie-libraries-in-iowa|title=Carnegie Libraries in Iowa|publisher=State Library of Iowa|accessdate=2009-08-03}} |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 96 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Waterloo East Side | Waterloo | 100px | {{dts|1902|Apr|11}} | align=right | $24,000 | 715 Mulberry St. | This library is the work of J.G. Ralston and was dedicated on February 23, 1906. Unusually, Waterloo was granted one library but requested funding for two after a disagreement on where to place the library resulted in additional funding from Carnegie.{{cite web|url=http://www.wplwloo.lib.ia.us/wplhist.html|title=History of the Waterloo Public Library 1865–1984|last=Baldwin|first=Clarence W.|year=1996|accessdate=2009-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050322041516/http://www.wplwloo.lib.ia.us/wplhist.html|archive-date=2005-03-22|url-status=dead}} It now houses city offices. |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 97 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Waterloo West Side | Waterloo | 100px | {{dts|1902|Apr|11}} | align=right | $21,000 | 528 W. 4th St. | This library is the work of J.G. Ralston and was dedicated on February 23, 1906. It was the second library proposed for Waterloo and now houses offices for private attorneys. |
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| align=center | 98 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Waverly | Waverly | | {{dts|1903|Feb|20}} | align=right | $10,000 | 100 2nd Street SW | This library was dedicated on January 1, 1905, and now houses city offices. |
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| align=center | 99 | {{Carnegie library color}} | West Liberty | | {{dts|1904|Feb|5}} | align=right | $7,500 | 400 N. Spencer St. | This building was dedicated on January 12, 1905. |
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| align=center | 100 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Winterset | | {{dts|1904|Feb|5}} | align=right | $10,000 | 124 W. Court Ave. | This building, dedicated on June 16, 1905, is now City Hall.{{cite web|url=http://www.winterset.lib.ia.us/library-information/history2/history|title=Library History|publisher=Winterset Public Library|accessdate=2009-08-03}} |
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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 101 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Woodbine | Woodbine | 100px | {{dts|1909|Apr|28}} | align=right | $7,500 | 58 Fifth St. | Dedicated on March 9, 1910, this library was expanded in 2001.{{cite web|url=http://www.woodbineia.org/library.htm|title=Library|publisher=Woodbine Public Library|accessdate=2009-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100513015821/http://www.woodbineia.org/library.htm|archive-date=2010-05-13|url-status=dead}} |
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| {{HD color}} align=center | 1 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Cornell College | File:Mount Vernon, IA - Mar. 2, 1908.jpg | {{dts|1903|Dec|21}} | align=right | $50,000 | Cornell College campus |
| 91.421796|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Cornell College Library}}
| Unusually, this library was granted with the intent to serve as both a community and collegiate library, a role which remains to this day (though the agreement was informal until 2001). This building was used until 1957, and it is now the Norton Geology Center and Anderson Museum. |
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| align=center | 2 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Drake University | | {{dts|1905|Mar|27}} | align=right | $50,000 | 2621 Carpenter Avenue (Oppermann Hall) |
| 93.652825|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Drake University Library}}
| A Proudfoot and Bird design, this building was converted to house the Drake Law Library in 1938. When a new Law Library was built in 1990, Carnegie Hall was converted to classroom use.{{cite web|last1=Walters|first1=Leah|title=Opperman Law Library|url=http://drakeapedia.cowleswiki.drake.edu/Opperman+Law+Library|website=Drakepedia|accessdate=January 28, 2018}} |
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| align=center | 3 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Ellsworth College | | {{dts|1906|Mar|12}} | align=right | $10,000 | | |
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| align=center | 4 | {{Carnegie library former color}} | Grinnell College | Grinnell | File:Grinnell_College_Carnegie_Hall.JPG | {{dts|1903|Mar|7}} | align=right | $50,000 | 1210 Park St. |
| 92.722507|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Grinnell College Library}}
| This H.D. Rawson design opened June 13, 1905, and served the college until 1959, when a new library was built. It is now Carnegie Hall. |
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| {{HD color}} align=center | 5 | {{Carnegie library razed color}} | Parsons College | | {{dts|1905|Mar|31}} | align=right | $15,000 | Parsons College campus |
| 91.966667|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Parsons College Library}}
| Parsons College lost its accreditation and closed in 1973. This structure was razed in July 2000 by the Maharishi University of Management, which purchased the buildings and bulldozed many of them for new structures conforming to Maharishi Sthapatya Veda. It remains a contributing property to a historic district. |
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| align=center | 6 | {{Carnegie library razed color}} | Simpson College | | {{dts|1905|Feb|16}} | align=right | $10,000 | 508 N. C St. |
| 93.564551|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Simpson College Library}}
| In 1964, no longer library with construction of Dunn Library. Housed business and art classes. Renamed Heckert Hall in 1975. Business moved out and renamed Art Center. Razed in 2014. |
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| align=center | 7 | {{Carnegie library color}} | Upper Iowa University | Fayette | | {{dts|1901|Jan|1}} | align=right | $25,000 | 605 Washington St. |
| 91.800771|region:US-IA_type:landmark|format=dms|name=Upper Iowa University Library}}
| The first academic library granted in Iowa, it was named after former student David B. Henderson, Speaker of the House and a personal friend of Carnegie's. |
Notes
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References
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- {{cite book|last=Anderson|first=Florence|title=Carnegie Corporation Library Program 1911–1961|publisher=Carnegie Corporation|location=New York|year=1963|oclc=1282382|ref=Anderson}}
- {{cite book |last=Bobinski |first=George S. |title=Carnegie Libraries: Their History and Impact on American Public Library Development |publisher=American Library Association |location=Chicago, Illinois |language=en-us |year=1969 |isbn=0-8389-0022-4 |ref=Bobinski}}
- {{cite book|last=Jones|first=Theodore|title=Carnegie Libraries Across America|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|location=New York|year=1997|isbn=0-471-14422-3|ref=Jones}}
- {{cite book|last=Miller|first=Durand R.|title=Carnegie Grants for Library Buildings, 1890–1917|publisher=Carnegie Corporation of New York|location=New York|year=1943|oclc=2603611|ref=Miller}}
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 (usually Jones) without support from the others. Reader discretion is advised.
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