List of Carnegie libraries in Texas

The following list of Carnegie libraries in Texas provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Texas, where 32 public libraries were built from 30 grants (totaling $649,500) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1898 to 1915. In addition, an academic library was built at Wiley College in Marshall from a $15,000 grant awarded March 26, 1906.

Today 13 of these buildings survive, with 10 listed on the National Register of Historic Places. They were often designed by the leading Texas architects of the day. For example, the now-demolished main libraries in Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio, were works by James Riely Gordon, the master architect of county courthouses.

Key

      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

Public libraries

	Library	City or town	Image	Date granted	Grant amount	Location	Notes
1	Abilene	Abilene		Mar 9, 1907	$17,500		Building demolished in 1958
2	Ballinger	Ballinger	100px	Feb 10, 1908	$17,500	204 N 8th St	Still a public library
3	Belton	Belton	100px	Feb 2, 1903	$10,000	201 N Main St	Now the Bell County Museum
4	Brownwood	Brownwood		Mar 27, 1903	$15,000		Building demolished in 1965
5	Bryan	Bryan	100px	Apr 11, 1902	$10,000	111 S Main St	Now the Carnegie Center of Brazos Valley History
6	Clarksville	Clarksville		Sep 5, 1902	$10,000		Building destroyed by fire in 1980
7	Cleburne	Cleburne	100px	Apr 13, 1903	$20,000	201 N Caddo St	Now the Layland Museum
8	Corsicana	Corsicana		Mar 16, 1904	$25,000		Building demolished in 1967
9	Dallas Main	Dallas		Aug 23, 1899	$76,000	Commerce & Harwood Streets	Building demolished in 1954
10	Dallas Branch	Dallas		Aug 23, 1899	—		Building demolished
11	El Paso	El Paso	100px	Jan 9, 1902	$37,500		Building demolished in 1968
12	Fort Worth	Fort Worth	100px	Jun 30, 1899	$50,000	W 9th St and Throckmorton St	Building demolished in 1937
13	Franklin	Franklin	100px	Apr 2, 1913	$7,500	315 E Decherd	Now the Robertson County Public Library
14	Gainesville	Gainesville		Apr 3, 1912	$15,000	201 S Denton St	Now the Butterfield Stage
15	Greenville	Greenville		Apr 13, 1903	$15,000		Building demolished in 1953
16	Houston Main	Houston	100px	Oct 28, 1899	$65,000		Building demolished
17	Houston Segregated	Houston		Oct 28, 1899	—		Building demolished in 1970s
18	Jefferson	Jefferson	100px	May 15, 1906	$10,000	301 W Lafayette	Still the Jefferson Carnegie Library
19	Marshall	Marshall		1907		711 Wiley Ave	Now the Willis J. King Administration Building on the Wiley College campus.
19	Memphis	Memphis		Jan 27, 1912	$10,000		Building demolished in mid-1980s
20	Palestine	Palestine	100px	Sep 27, 1912	$15,000	502 N Queen St	Now the Chamber of Commerce
21	Pecos	Pecos		Jun 25, 1911	$9,000		Building demolished in early 1960s
22	Pittsburg	Pittsburg		Apr 30, 1898	$5,000		The eighth library in the USA to be commissioned by Carnegie and only the second outside of Southwestern Pennsylvania. Building destroyed by fire in 1939
23	San Antonio	San Antonio	100px	Jan 6, 1900	$70,000		Building demolished
24	Sherman	Sherman	100px	Apr 3, 1912	$20,000	301 S Walnut	Now The Sherman Museum
25	Stamford	Stamford		Jun 29, 1908	$15,000	600 E McHarg St	Still the Stamford Carnegie Library
26	Sulphur Springs	Sulphur Springs		Apr 10, 1909	$12,000		Building demolished
27	Temple	Temple		Jan 22, 1902	$15,000		Building destroyed by fire in 1918
28	Terrell	Terrell	100px	Feb 20, 1903	$10,000	207 N Frances St	Now the Terrell Heritage Museum
29	Tyler	Tyler	100px	Mar 20, 1903	$15,000	125 S College St	Now the Carnegie History Center
30	Vernon	Vernon		Apr 19, 1915	$12,500		Building demolished in late 1970s
31	Waco	Waco		Apr 28, 1902	$30,000		Building demolished
32	Winnsboro	Winnsboro		Apr 6, 1908	$10,000		Building demolished in 1967

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.