List of Carnegie libraries in New York#Academic libraries

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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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Public libraries

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! style="background-color:#CEE0F2;"|Library

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! style="background-color:#CEE0F2;"|Date
grantedAt 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.

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| align=center | 1

| {{Carnegie library color}} | Amsterdam

| {{dts|1902|Feb|4}}

| align=right | $25,000

| 28 Church St.

| Construction began 1902, opened 1903

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| align=center | 2

| {{Carnegie library color}} | Andover

| {{dts|1911|Nov|21}}

| align=right | $5,000

| 40 Main St.

| Opened 1912

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| align=center | 3

| {{Carnegie library former color}} | Binghamton

| {{dts|1902|Apr|26}}

| align=right | $75,000

| 78 Exchange St.

| Open 1904–2002

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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 4

| {{Carnegie library color}} | Bolivar

| {{dts|1909|Apr|10}}

| align=right | $5,000

| 390 Main St.

| Opened 1910

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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 5

| {{Carnegie library color}} | Canastota

| {{dts|1902|Jan|10}}

| align=right | $10,000

| 102 W. Center St.

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| align=center | 6

| {{Carnegie library color}} | Catskill

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| {{dts|1901|Feb|2}}

| align=right | $20,000

| 1 Franklin St.

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| align=center | 7

| {{Carnegie library color}} | Chatham

| {{dts|1901|Aug|16}}

| align=right | $15,000

| 11 Woodbridge Ave

| Opened 1905

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| align=center | 8

| {{Carnegie library color}} | Dunkirk

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| {{dts|1904|Feb|20}}

| align=right | $25,000

| 536 Central Ave.

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| align=center | 9

| {{Carnegie library former color}} | Elmira

| {{dts|1916|Jan|28}}

| align=right | $70,000

| 400 E. Church St.

| The new Steele Library at 101 E. Church opened in 1979.

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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 10

| {{Carnegie library color}} | Fleischmanns

| 1901

| align=right | $5,000

| 1017 Main St.

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| align=center | 11

| {{Carnegie library color}} | Franklinville

| Franklinville

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| {{dts|1914|May|8}}

| align=right | $2,200

| 5 N. Main St.

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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 12

| {{Carnegie library color}} | Fulton

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| {{dts|1902|Mar|14}}

| align=right | $15,000

| 160 S. 1st St.

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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 13

| {{Carnegie library color}} | Gloversville

| {{dts|1901|Mar|8}}

| align=right | $50,000

| 58 E. Fulton St.

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| align=center | 14

| {{Carnegie library color}} | Hamburg

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| {{dts|1914|Jul|23}}

| align=right | $5,000

| 102 Buffalo St.

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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 15

| {{Carnegie library color}} | Hornell

| {{dts|1903|Jan|22}}

| align=right | $25,000

| 64 Genesee St.

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| align=center | 16

| {{Carnegie library color}} | Johnstown

| {{dts|1901|Mar|6}}

| align=right | $16,000

| 38 S. Market St.

| Construction started in 1902.

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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 17

| {{Carnegie library color}} | Kingston

| {{dts|1902|Apr|26}}

| align=right | $30,000

| 55 Franklin St.

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| align=center | 18

| {{Carnegie library color}} | Lackawanna

| {{dts|1917|May|3}}

| align=right | $30,000

| 560 Ridge Rd.

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| align=center | 19

| {{Carnegie library color}} | Mount Vernon

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| {{dts|1901|Feb|19}}

| align=right | $72,000

| 28 S. 1st Ave.

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| align=center | 20

| {{Carnegie library former color}} | New Rochelle

| {{dts|1901|Mar|14}}

| align=right | $60,000

| 662 Main St.

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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 21

| {{Carnegie library former color}} | Niagara Falls

| Niagara Falls

| {{dts|1901|Mar|8}}

| align=right | $50,000

| 1022 Main St.

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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 22

| {{Carnegie library former color}} | North Tonawanda

| North Tonawanda

| {{dts|1902|Dec|27}}

| align=right | $20,000

| 240 Goundry St.

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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 23

| {{Carnegie library former color}} | Northport

| {{dts|1913|May|21}}

| align=right | $10,000

| 215 Main St.

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| align=center | 24

| {{Carnegie library color}} | Nyack

| {{dts|1901|Dec|21}}

| align=right | $15,000

| 59 S. Broadway

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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 25

| {{Carnegie library former color}} | Olean

| {{dts|1906|Nov|27}}

| align=right | $40,000

| 116 S. Union St.

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| align=center | 26

| {{Carnegie library razed color}} | Ossining

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| {{dts|1911|Dec|23}}

| align=right | $26,000

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| align=center | 27

| {{Carnegie library color}} | Patchogue

| {{dts|1905|Jan|8}}

| align=right | $15,000

| 160 W. Main St.

| Open 1908–1981, moved to a temporary location in 2012.[http://patchogue.patch.com/articles/carnegie-library-moving-wednesday "Carnegie Library Moving Wednesday," by Michael Sorrentino (Patchogue Patch)]{{Cite web |url=http://www.greaterpatchoguehistoricalsociety.com/index.php?id=97 |title=The Carnegie Library Move (Greater Patchogue Historical Society) |access-date=2013-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921232922/http://greaterpatchoguehistoricalsociety.com/index.php?id=97 |archive-date=2013-09-21 |url-status=dead }} Moved to current location in 2013, re-opened in 2016 as Teen Center at the Patchogue-Medford Carnegie Library.

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| {{HD color}} align=center | 28

| {{Carnegie library color}} | Penn Yan

| {{dts|1903|Jan|6}}

| align=right | $10,000

| 214 Main St.

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| {{HD color}} align=center | 29

| {{Carnegie library color}} | Perry

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| {{dts|1912|Jul|13}}

| align=right | $12,000

| 70 Main St. N.

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| align=center | 30

| {{Carnegie library color}} | Port Jervis

| {{dts|1901|Feb|21}}

| align=right | $30,000

| 138 Pike St.

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| align=center | 31

| {{Carnegie library former color}} | Rockville Centre

| Rockville Centre

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| {{dts|1903|Dec|14}}

| align=right | $10,000

| 11 Clinton Ave.

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| align=center | 32

| {{Carnegie library former color}} | Salamanca

| {{dts|1917|Feb|3}}

| align=right | $17,500

| 45 S. Main St.

| Open 1920–1976, now a law office

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| align=center | 33

| {{Carnegie library color}} | Saugerties

| {{dts|1914|Sep|25}}

| align=right | $12,500

| 91 Washington Ave.

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| align=center | 34

| {{Carnegie library former color}} | Schenectady

| {{dts|1901|Feb|13}}

| align=right | $50,000

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| Open 1903–1970, now Webster House, a dormitory at Union College

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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 35

| {{Carnegie library color}} | Solvay

| {{dts|1903|Jan|13}}

| align=right | $10,000

| 615 Woods Rd.

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| align=center | 36

| {{Carnegie library former color}} | Syracuse

| {{dts|1901|Jan|15}}

| align=right | $200,000

| 335 Montgomery St.

| Open 1905–1988

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| align=center | 37

| {{Carnegie library color}} | Theresa

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| {{dts|1910|Jan|18}}

| align=right | $7,500

| 301 Main St.

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| {{NRHP color}} align=center | 38

| {{Carnegie library color}} | Ticonderoga

| {{dts|1904|Mar|8}}

| align=right | $7,000

| 161 Montcalm St.

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| align=center | 39

| {{Carnegie library color}} | Warsaw

| {{dts|1904|Feb|5}}

| align=right | $12,500

| 130 N. Main St.

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| align=center | 40

| {{Carnegie library razed color}} | White Plains

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| {{dts|1904|Dec|20}}

| align=right | $40,000

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| align=center | 41

| {{Carnegie library razed color}} | Yonkers

| {{dts|1901|Mar|8}}

| align=right | $50,000

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Academic libraries

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! style="background-color:#CEE0F2;"|Institution

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! style="background-color:#CEE0F2;"|Year
grantedMiller, pp. 38–40

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| {{HD color}} align=center | 1

| {{Carnegie library former color}} | Alfred University

| {{dts|1906|Mar|26}}
{{dts|1913|Jan|2}}

| align=right | $10,000
$20,000

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| Renamed Jordan Hall in 2021, houses Alfred University administration and finance offices

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| {{HD color}} align=center | 2

| {{Carnegie library color}} | Syracuse University

| {{dts|1905|Mar|15}}

| align=right | $150,000

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| One of the Comstock Tract Buildings

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| align=center | 3

| {{Carnegie library former color}} | Wells College

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| {{dts|1908|Feb|20}}
{{dts|1922|12|22}}

| align=right | $57,949
$10,000

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| Open 1911–1968, now Cleveland Hall

Notes

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References

{{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|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 without support from the others. Reader discretion is advised.

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