List of Carnegie libraries in Montana
The following list of Carnegie libraries in Montana provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Montana, where 17 libraries were built from 17 grants (totaling $219,200) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1918. As of 2013, 15 of these buildings are still standing, and 9 still operate as libraries.
Key[edit]
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[edit]
| Library | City or town |
Image | Date granted[1] |
Grant amount[1] |
Location | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Timber | Big Timber | 
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May 16, 1911 | $7,500 | 314 McLeod St. 45°49′57″N 109°57′7″W / 45.83250°N 109.95194°W |
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| 2 | Bozeman | Bozeman | 
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Mar 14, 1902 | $15,000 | 35 N. Bozeman Ave. 45°40′49″N 111°2′4″W / 45.68028°N 111.03444°W |
Now houses law offices |
| 3 | Chinook | Chinook | Oct 29, 1918 | $15,000 | 421 Ohio St. | ||
| 4 | Dillon | Dillon | _-_Beaverhead_County,_Montana.png)
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Jan 22, 1902 | $7,500 | 121 S. Idaho St. 45°12′59″N 112°38′13″W / 45.21639°N 112.63694°W |
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| 5 | Fort Benton | Fort Benton | 
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Mar 31, 1916 | $15,000 | 1518 Main St. | |
| 6 | Glasgow | Glasgow | Apr 8, 1907 | $7,500 | Demolished about 1965 | ||
| 7 | Great Falls | Great Falls | Jun 21, 1901 | $31,700 | Demolished about 1965 | ||
| 8 | Hamilton | Hamilton | Jul 23, 1914 | $9,000 | 306 State St. | ||
| 9 | Hardin | Hardin | Mar 31, 1916 | $7,500 | 419 N. Custer Ave. | ||
| 10 | Havre | Havre | _-_Hill_County,_Montana.png)
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Mar 14, 1913 | $12,000 | 447 4th Ave. 48°32′57″N 109°40′35″W / 48.54917°N 109.67639°W |
Now the Old Library Art Gallery |
| 11 | Kalispell | Kalispell | Dec 21, 1901 | $10,000 | 302 2nd Ave. E. | Now the Hockaday Museum of Art | |
| 12 | Lewistown | Lewistown | 
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Jan 19, 1905 | $10,000 | 701 W. Main St. 47°3′41″N 109°25′47″W / 47.06139°N 109.42972°W |
Completed in 1906, opened in 1907 |
| 13 | Livingston | Livingston | Mar 20, 1903 | $10,000 | 228 W. Callender St. | Opened October 1904 | |
| 14 | Malta | Malta | _-_Phillips_County,_Montana.png)
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Feb 3, 1917 | $15,000 | S. 1st St. 48°21′35″N 107°52′34″W / 48.35972°N 107.87611°W |
Now a museum |
| 15 | Miles City | Miles City | 
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Jul 16, 1901 | $10,000 | 1 S. 10th St. | |
| 16 | Missoula | Missoula | _-_Missoula_County,_Montana.png)
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Jan 13, 1903 | $12,500 | 335 N. Pattee St. 46°52′21″N 113°59′29″W / 46.87250°N 113.99139°W |
Now the Missoula Art Museum |
| 17 | Red Lodge | Red Lodge | Jun 11, 1914 | $15,000 | 3 W. 8th St. |
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- 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.