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.

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LibraryCity ortown ImageDategrantedAt 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.GrantamountGrants for multiple libraries (Lynn, Somerville, Springfield, and Worcester) are listed only by their total amount, not broken down for each branch.Location Notes 1 Ashland Ashland $10,000 66 Front St. 2 Athol Athol $22,000 568 Main St. 3 Berkley Berkley $5,000 1 N. Main St. 4 Brockton Brockton $110,000 304 Main St. 5 Chelsea Chelsea $60,000 569 Broadway 6 Clinton Clinton $25,000 54 Walnut St. 7 Dighton Dighton $6,000 395 Main St. 8 Edgartown Edgartown $4,000 58 N. Water St. 9 Granby Granby $5,000 Library Ln. 10 Holliston Holliston $10,000 752 Washington St. 11 Hudson Hudson $12,500 3 Washington St. 12 Lakeville Lakeville $5,000 241 Main St. 13 Lee Lee $12,000 100 Main St. 14 Leominster Leominster $27,500 30 West St. Hartwell, Richardson & Driver, architects. 15 Lynn Haywood Lynn $50,000 270 Broadway Now a subdivided commercial building. 16 Lynn Houghton Lynn — 833 Western Ave. No longer a library. 17 Marlborough Marlborough $30,000 35 W. Main St. Peabody & Stearns, architects. 18 Melrose Melrose $25,000 69 W. Emerson St. 19 Millbury Millbury $12,500 128 Elm St. 20 Needham Needham $10,000 968 Highland Ave. Opened in 1904, replaced in 1914, old building demolished in the 1960s 21 New Marlborough New Marlborough $5,000 Burned down Jun 16, 1996 22 Reading Reading $15,000 16 Lowell St. Now part of the town hall 23 Revere Revere $20,000 179 Beach St. 24 Rockland Rockland $12,500 20 Belmont St. 25 Rockport Rockport $10,000 18 Jewett St. Now a private residence 26 Saugus Saugus $17,000 Demolished in the 1990s 27 Sharon Sharon $10,000 11 N. Main St. Library relocated; building’s future undecided as of April 2026 28 Somerville Central Somerville $123,000 79 Highland Ave. 29 Somerville East Somerville — 115 Broadway 30 Somerville West Somerville — 40 College Ave. 31 South Hadley South Hadley $10,000 27 Bardwell St. No longer used as a library 32 Springfield Central Springfield $260,000 220 State St. 33 Springfield Forest Park Springfield — 380 Belmont Ave. 34 Springfield Indian Orchard Springfield — 44 Oak St. 35 Springfield Memorial Square Springfield — 22 St. George Rd. 36 Stoneham Stoneham $15,000 431 Main St. 37 Taunton Taunton $70,000 12 Pleasant St. 38 Turners Falls Turners Falls $13,500 201 Avenue A 39 Walpole Walpole $15,000 65 Common St. Library moved out in 2012; building sold. 40 West Springfield West Springfield $25,000 200 Park St. 41 Worcester Frances Perkins Worcester $75,000 470 W. Boylston St. Greendale Branch Library 42 Worcester Quinsigamond Worcester — 812 Millbury St. 43 Worcester South Worcester Worcester — 705 Southbridge St.

Academic libraries InstitutionLocality ImageYeargrantedMiller, pp. 38–40GrantamountLocation Notes 1 Mount Holyoke College South Hadley $50,000 Mount Holyoke College campus Williston Memorial Library 2 Radcliffe College Cambridge $73,900 10 Garden Street/Radcliffe Yard Schlesinger Library 3 Smith College Northampton $62,500 Smith College campus Neilson Library 4 Tufts College Medford $100,000 Tufts University campus Eaton Hall (no longer functions as a library) 5 Wellesley College Wellesley $132,000$95,446 Wellesley College campus Margaret Clapp Library

List of Carnegie libraries in Massachusetts

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