The following list of Carnegie libraries in Michigan provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Michigan, where 61 libraries were built from 53 grants (totaling $1,655,950) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1918.
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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 is often where the discrepancies occur.GrantamountGrants for multiple libraries (Detroit) are listed only by their total amount, not broken down for each branch.Location Notes 1 Adrian Adrian $27,500 110 E. Church St. Now a museum 2 Albion Albion $17,500 501 S. Superior St. 3 Allegan Allegan $10,000 331 Hubbard St. 4 Ann Arbor Ann Arbor $30,000 Facade at Attached to the old Ann Arbor High School building. Closed in 1957, made part of the Henry Simmons Frieze Building at the University of Michigan. Demolished in 2007, leaving only the front columns 5 Armada Armada $8,000 73930 Church St. 6 Bay City Bay City $35,000 708 Center Ave. In service as library until December 2005. Now bank branch and offices for Thumb National Bank. 7 Benton Harbor Benton Harbor $20,000 E Wall St. and6th St. Now a parking lot for newer library. 8 Boyne City Boyne City $15,000 201 E. Main St. 9 Bronson Bronson $8,500 207 N. Matteson St. 10 Cadillac Cadillac $15,000 127 Beech St. Now the Wexford County Historical Society Museum 11 Cassopolis Cassopolis $10,000 145 N. Broadway St. 12 Charlevoix Charlevoix $10,000 Closed in 1967 13 Charlotte Charlotte $12,000 200 N. Cochran Ave. Now small businesses 14 Cheboygan Cheboygan $15,000 400 W. Elm St. Closed in 1966 15 Detroit Main Detroit $750,000 5201 Woodward Ave. Opened in 1921 16 Detroit Herbert Bowen Detroit — 3648 W. Vernor Hwy. 17 Detroit Magnus Butzel Detroit — 2025 E. Grand Blvd. Demolished in 1998 18 Detroit Edwin F. Conely Detroit — 4600 Martin Rd. 19 Detroit Divie B. Duffield Detroit — 2507 W. Grand Blvd. 20 Detroit Bernard Ginsburg Detroit — 91 Brewster St. Closed in 1927 and turned over to Recreation Department. Part of the Brewster-Wheeler Recreation Center, now vacant 21 Detroit George V. N. Lothrop Detroit — W. Grand Blvd. and Warren Ave W. A Georgian structure designed by B.C. Wetzel. Building demolished in October 2009 after purchasing church didn't keep up the property & the City of Detroit stepped in quickly. 22 Detroit George Osius Detroit — Gratiot Ave. betweenNewland Ave. and Seneca St. Torn down in 1939 when Gratiot was widened. Replaced by Mark Twain Branch (demolished in 2011). Site vacant. 23 Detroit Henry M. Utley Detroit — 8726 Woodward Ave. Now Family Place, a child care center. 24 Dowagiac Dowagiac $12,500 211 Commercial St. 25 East Jordan East Jordan $10,000 301 Main St. Now the East Jordan Arts Center Gallery 26 Escanaba Escanaba $21,200 251 S. 7th St. Building is now privately owned. 27 Flint Flint $25,000 Clifford St. andEast Kearsley St. Demolished c.1960 28 Grand Haven Grand Haven $12,500 15 N. 3rd St. Demolished c.1967 29 Houghton Houghton $15,000 105 Huron St. Closed in 2006, now a museum 30 Howell Howell $15,000 314 W. Grand River Ave. 31 Hudson Hudson $10,000 205 S. Market St. 32 Iron Mountain Iron Mountain $17,500 300 Ludington St. 33 Ironwood Ironwood $17,000 235 E. Aurora St. 34 Ishpeming Ishpeming $25,000 317 Main St. 35 Jackson Jackson $70,000 244 W. Michigan Ave. 36 Lansing Lansing $35,000 210 W. Shiawassee St. Now part of Lansing Community College. Original pediment removed and upper part of building modified. 37 Lapeer Lapeer $13,750 921 W. Nepessing St. 38 Ludington Ludington $15,000 217 E. Ludington Ave. 39 Mancelona Mancelona $10,000 202 W. State St. 40 Manistee Manistee $35,000 95 Maple St. 41 Marlette Marlette $7,500 3116 Main St. 42 Mendon Mendon $10,000 314 W. Main St. 43 Midland Midland $12,500 Townsend St. Closed in 1955 44 Mount Clemens Mount Clemens $17,000 125 Macomb St. 45 Newaygo Newaygo $5,000 45 State Rd. 46 Niles Niles $15,000 321 E. Main St. Now houses The Study and The Underground Laugh Lounge 47 Owosso Owosso $20,000 502 W. Main St. 48 Paw Paw Paw Paw $10,000 129 S. Kalamazoo St. Closed in 1991 49 Petoskey Petoskey $12,500 451 E. Mitchell St. 50 Port Huron Port Huron $45,000 1115 6th St. Currently houses the Port Huron Museum 51 Portland Portland $10,000 334 Kent St. 52 Sault Ste. Marie Sault Ste. Marie $30,000 315 Armory Pl. Now school district offices 53 South Haven South Haven $12,500 600 Phoenix St. Now an arts center 54 Sparta Sparta $10,000 80 N. Union St. 55 St. Joseph St. Joseph $13,500 500 Main St. Now houses an architectural firm 56 Stambaugh Stambaugh $12,500 601 Garfield Ave. Now school district offices 57 Sturgis Sturgis $10,000 Demolished, Ca. 1967 58 Tecumseh Tecumseh $10,000 304 W. Chicago Blvd. Closed c.1962, now artist studios 59 Three Rivers Three Rivers $12,500 107 N. Main St. Now an arts center 60 Traverse City Traverse City $20,000 322 6th St. Now an arts center 61 Wyandotte Wyandotte $17,500 3139 Biddle Ave. Closed 1940, demolished 1967
See also List of libraries in the United States
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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.