The following list of Carnegie libraries in North Carolina provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in North Carolina, where 10 public libraries were built from 9 grants (totaling $165,696) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1917. In addition, academic libraries were built at 6 institutions (totaling $127,868).
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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 (Greensboro) are listed only by their total amount, not broken down for each branch.Location Notes 1 Andrews Andrews $5,000 Demolished in 1979 to make room for a new library. 2 Charlotte Charlotte $40,000 310 N. Tryon St. Demolished in 1954. New library building opened on the same site in 1956 and a third in 1989. 3 Durham Durham $32,000 311 E. Main St. Closed in 1980. Building was renovated in 1984 and now houses offices. 4 Greensboro Main Greensboro $40,446 5 Greensboro Carnegie Branch Greensboro — 900 E. Washington St. Carnegie Negro Library, built 1924, now part of Bennett College campus 6 Hendersonville Hendersonville $10,000 4th Ave. and King St. Closed in 1970, now houses the Henderson County Partnership for Economic Development. 7 Hickory Hickory $13,250 415 1st Ave. NW Closed in 1952 8 Murphy Murphy $7,500 87 Peachtree St. Now a museum 9 Rutherford College Rutherford College $2,500 10 Winston-Salem Winston-Salem $15,000 211 W. 3rd St. Closed 1954, now a church
Academic libraries InstitutionLocality ImageYeargrantedMiller, pp. 38–40GrantamountLocation Notes 1 Biddle University Charlotte $12,500 100 Beatties Ford Rd. Closed in 1969, now houses student services 2 Davidson College Davidson $20,000 101 Dormitory Dr. Built 1910, closed in 1941, now college guesthouse 3 Guilford College Greensboro $9,000 5800 W. Friendly Ave. Built in 1910 4 Livingstone College Salisbury $12,500 701 W. Monroe St. Built in 1908 5 State Normal and Industrial College (now UNC Greensboro) Greensboro $18,868 401 College Ave. Closed c.1950, now the Forney Building, houses IT services 6 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill $55,000 Closed in 1929, now called Hill Hall, music department facilities
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.