The following list of Carnegie libraries in Ohio provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Ohio, where 104 public libraries were built from 79Both Bobinski and Jones make errors with their numbers in Ohio—Bobinski reports only 77 grants, while Jones counts South Brooklyn twice and thus reports 106 libraries. grants (totaling $2,846,484) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1899 to 1915. In addition, academic libraries were built at 7 institutions (totaling $368,445).

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Public libraries

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 (Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dayton, and Toledo) are listed only by their total amount, not broken down for each branch.Location Notes 1 Akron Akron $82,000 69 E. Market St. Open 1904–1942, now law offices 2 Alliance Alliance $25,000 NE corner of S. Arch Ave. & High St. Demolished 1974 3 Amherst Amherst $10,000 221 Spring St. 4 Ashtabula Ashtabula $15,000 335 W. 44th St. 5 Athens Athens $30,000 32 Park Place Designed by Columbus architect Frank L. Packard. Originally a public library on the Ohio University campus. Open 1905–1930, now Scripps Hall, used for classroom space 6 Bellefontaine Bellefontaine $14,000 140 N. Main St. Closed 1994, Became county offices. 2020 - Purchased by Richwood Bank. 7 Bellevue Bellevue $13,600 224 E. Main St. 8 Bristolville Bristolville $6,000 1855 Greenville Rd. 9 Bryan Bryan $10,000 107 E. High St. 10 Bucyrus Bucyrus $15,000 200 E. Mansfield St. 11 Cambridge Cambridge $21,000 800 Steubenville Ave. Designed by Columbus architect Frank L. Packard. 12 Canton Canton $60,000 236 3rd St. SW Open 1903–1978, now law offices 13 Carey Carey $8,000 236 E. Findlay St. 14 Celina Celina $12,000 303 N. Main St. Building replaced by the Dwyer Mercer County District Library in 1970. After further expansion, name changed to Mercer County District Library in 1994. 15 Chillicothe Chillicothe $30,000 140 S. Paint St. Opened 1907, now the Chillicothe & Ross County Public Library (Main library) 16 Cincinnati Avondale Cincinnati $286,000 3566 Reading Rd. Opened 1913 17 Cincinnati Cumminsville Cincinnati — 4219 Hamilton Ave. Opened 1908, now Northside Branch 18 Cincinnati East End Cincinnati — 3738 Eastern Ave. Open 1907–1959. Now The Carnegie Center 19 Cincinnati Hyde Park Cincinnati — 2747 Erie Ave. Built 1912 20 Cincinnati North Cincinnati Cincinnati — 2802 Vine St. Opened 1907, now Corryville Branch 21 Cincinnati Norwood Norwood $23,000 4325 Montgomery Rd. Opened 1907 22 Cincinnati Price Hill Cincinnati — 3215 Warsaw Ave. Opened 1909 23 Cincinnati Walnut Hills Cincinnati — 2533 Kemper Ln. Opened 1906 24 Cincinnati West End Cincinnati — NE corner of W. 8th St. & State Ave. Opened 1908, demolished 1947 25 Cleveland Broadway Cleveland $590,000 5437 Broadway Ave. Open 1906–1987, later became a church, purchased in 2022 and reopened in 2023 as the Darl Center for Performing Arts 26 Cleveland Brooklyn Cleveland — 3706 Pearl Rd. Opened 1919 27 Cleveland Carnegie West Cleveland — 1900 Fulton Rd. Opened 1910 28 Cleveland East 79th Cleveland — 1215 E. 79th St. Open 1916–1989, now a drug abuse treatment program 29 Cleveland Hough Cleveland — 1765 Crawford Rd. Open 1907–1984, later African American Museum, closed since 2005. On Preservation Ohio's 2020 most endangered historic sites list. 30 Cleveland Jefferson Cleveland — 850 Jefferson Ave. Opened 1918 31 Cleveland Lorain Cleveland — 8216 Lorain Ave. Opened 1912 32 Cleveland Miles Park Cleveland — 9250 Miles Park Ave. 33 Cleveland Quincy Cleveland — 2390 E. 79th St. Open 1914–1977 34 Cleveland Saint Clair Cleveland — 1368 E. 55th St. Open 1905–1946, now Goodrich-Gannett Neighborhood Center 35 Cleveland South Cleveland — 3096 Scranton Rd. Closed since March 2013 but reopened on December 1, 2018. 36 Cleveland Sterling Cleveland — 2200 E. 30th St. Opened 1913 37 Cleveland Superior Cleveland — 1351 E. 105th St. Closed 1990 38 Cleveland Woodland Cleveland — 5806 Woodland Ave. Opened 1904, burned 1957 39 Clyde Clyde $12,500 222 W. Buckeye St. 40 Columbus Columbus $200,000 96 S. Grant Ave. 42 Coshocton Coshocton $17,000 4th and Chestnut Sts. Open 1904–1974, vacant 43 Dayton East 5th Dayton $50,000 2160 E. 5th St. formerly housed the Dayton Southeast Priority Board (1999-2012), during which time (2008) it received an Ohio Historic Preservation Merit Award; currently being used as the administrative office for the St. Mary Development Organization 44 Dayton West 5th Dayton — 1612 W. 5th St. Burned in 1979 45 Defiance Defiance $22,000 320 Fort St. 46 Delaware Delaware $21,500 101 N. Sandusky St. Now County offices. 47 Delphos Delphos $12,500 309 W. 2nd St. Opened 1912 48 East Cleveland East Cleveland $35,000 14101 Euclid Ave. 49 East Liverpool East Liverpool $50,000 219 E. 4th St. First (along with Steubenville) Carnegie Library in Ohio 50 Fostoria Fostoria $20,000 205 Perry St. Opened 1914, extensively altered 51 Galion Galion $15,000 123 N. Market St. 52 Gallipolis Gallipolis $12,500 61 State St. Now a school district office 53 Geneva Geneva $10,000 117 W. Main St. Open 1910–1997, now a courthouse 54 Germantown Germantown $10,000 47 W. Center St. Closed 1984, now historical society 55 Greenville Greenville $25,000 520 Sycamore St. 56 Kent Kent $11,500 312 W. Main St. 57 Kenton Kenton $20,000 121 N. Detroit St. Now a dentist office 58 Kinsman Kinsman $7,000 6420 Church St. 59 Lakewood Lakewood $44,600 15425 Detroit Ave. 60 Lebanon Lebanon $10,000 101 S. Broadway Opened 1908 61 Lima Lima $34,000 corner of McDonel and Market St. 62 London London $10,000 20 E. 1st St. 63 Lorain Lorain $30,000 329 W. 10th St. Open 1904–1957. Now home to the Lorain Historical Society which invested $2 million into renovations and reopened both floors in November 2015. 64 Madison Madison $10,000 126 W. Main St. Open 1919–1974, future home of the Madison Historical Society 65 Mansfield Mansfield $37,000 43 W. 3rd St. 66 Marietta Marietta $30,000 615 5th St. Only library in the United States built atop an Indian mound. 67 Marion Marion $30,000 244 S. Main St. Open 1907–1980, now a Children's Museum 68 Marysville Marysville $10,000 231 S. Court St. Demolished. 69 Maumee Maumee $10,000 501 River Rd. 70 Miamisburg Miamisburg $12,500 426 Central Ave. Designed by Columbus architect Frank L. Packard. Open 1910–1981, now a civic center. 71 Middleport Middleport $8,100 178 S. 3rd St. Designed by Columbus architect Frank L. Packard. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, 1986. 72 Middletown Middletown $25,000 1320 1st Ave. Open 1913–1983, vacant 73 Milan Milan $8,000 19 E. Church St. 74 Mount Sterling Mount Sterling $10,000 60 W. Columbus St. 75 Napoleon Napoleon $10,000 845 Woodlawn Ave. Open 1913–1965, now library storage 76 New London New London $10,000 67 S. Main St. Opened 1916 77 Norwalk Norwalk $15,000 46 W. Main St. Designed by Columbus architect Frank L. Packard. Opened 1905. 78 Paulding Paulding $40,000 205 S. Main St. The first Carnegie library to serve an entire county 79 Pickerington Pickerington $10,000 15 W. Columbus St. Now houses township historical society 80 Pomeroy Pomeroy $10,000 200 E. 2nd St. Designed by Columbus architects Richard Z. Dawson Jr. and Harry Clyde Holbrook. Open 1914–1989. Now law offices. 81 Portsmouth Portsmouth $50,000 1220 Gallia St. Opened 1906 82 Ripley Ripley $10,000 27 Main St. Opened 1915 83 Rockford Rockford $10,000 162 S. Main St. 84 Salem Salem $20,000 821 E. State St. Opened 1905 85 Sandusky Sandusky $50,000 114 W. Adams St. Opened 1901. On property adjacent to the Library is the former Erie County Jail, built in 1883. In 1996, the Library purchased the Jail from Erie County and embarked upon a $10 million expansion project to renovate and connect the two National Register of Historic Places buildings with new space. The Grand Opening and Rededication of the new Library was held on January 11, 2004. 86 South Brooklyn South Brooklyn $11,800 Pearl Rd. and Devonshire Rd. Open 1905–1936 87 Steubenville Steubenville $62,000 407 S. 4th St. First (along with East Liverpool) Carnegie Library approved in Ohio. Opened March 12, 1902. Renovated & Enlarged 2018. 88 Tiffin Tiffin $25,000 108 Jefferson St. Open 1913–1976, now court offices 89 Toledo Jermain Toledo $125,000 315 Galena St. Open 1918–1974, now a church 90 Toledo Kent Toledo — 3026 Collingwood Blvd. 91 Toledo Locke Toledo — 806 Main St. Open 1917–2007, vacant 92 Toledo Mott Toledo — 1055 Dorr St. 93 Toledo South Toledo — 1638 Broadway Open 1918–2004, health care clinic 94 Upper Sandusky Upper Sandusky $10,000 224 W. Johnson St. Designed by Columbus architect Frank L. Packard. Open 1914–1986, now a doctor's office. 95 Warren Warren $28,384 120 High St., NW 96 Washington Court House Washington Court House $15,500 127 S. North St. Designed by Columbus architect Frank L. Packard. Opened 1904. 97 Wauseon Wauseon $8,000 117 E. Elm St. Opened 1906 98 Wellsville Wellsville $10,000 115 9th St. 99 Willoughby Willoughby $14,500 30 Public Sq. Opened 1909 100 Wilmington Wilmington $12,500 268 N. South St. Opened 1904 101 Wooster Wooster $15,000 304 N. Market St. Demolished 1967 102 Xenia Xenia $23,500 194 E. Church St. Opened 1908, vacant since the 1974 Xenia tornado. Purchased in 2021 for use as the "Xenia Carnegie Cultural Centre with O’Neil’s Restaurant and Event Venue."Xenia business owners, developers to renovate Carnegie Library for restaurant, event spaceXenia Carnegie Cultural Centre 103 Youngstown Youngstown $50,000 305 Wick Ave. Called the Reuben McMillan Free Library 104 Zanesville Zanesville $54,000 220 N. 5th St.

Academic libraries

InstitutionLocality ImageYeargrantedMiller, pp. 38–40GrantamountLocation Notes 1 Cedarville College Cedarville $11,795 160 N. Main St. Open 1908–1960, now art studios 2 Heidelberg University Tiffin $25,000 28 Greenfield St. Open 1912–1967, now Pfleiderer Hall, houses humanities 3 Marietta College Marietta $40,000 215 Fifth St. Open 1906–1961, now Irvine Administration Building 4 Miami University Oxford $40,000$50,000 101 Alumni Hall Designed by Columbus architect Frank L. Packard and built by Henry Karg of Westerville. Called Alumni Hall, it was the school's original library until 1973. Now houses the Department of Architecture and Interior Design. 5 Oberlin College Oberlin $150,000 52 W. Lorain St. Open 1908–1974, now used for Oberlin College Library storage and offices 6 Otterbein University Westerville $20,000 102 W. College Ave. Designed by Columbus architect Frank L. Packard and built by Henry Karg of Westerville. Opened 1908. Renamed Clippinger Hall after Walter Gillan Clippinger, longest serving Otterbein president (1909-1939). Now houses Office of Admission. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, 2021. Carnegie Libraries of Ohio written by Mary Ellen Armentrout, Otterbein Class of 1966. 7 Wilberforce University Wilberforce $17,950 1400 Brush Row Rd. Open 1909–1976, now part of National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center

See also List of libraries in the United States

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References

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.