List of Carnegie libraries in Wyoming

Buffalo

Evanston

Green River

Lander

Laramie

Lusk

Newcastle

Rock Springs

Thermopolis

Wheatland

Wyoming Carnegie library buildings still standing

The following list of Carnegie libraries in Wyoming provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Wyoming, where 16 libraries were built from 16 grants (totaling $257,500) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1899 to 1917. As of 2010, 10 of these buildings are still standing, and 5 still operate as libraries.

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
Building contributes to a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places

Carnegie libraries

	Library	City or town	Date granted^[1]	Grant amount^[1]	Location	Notes
1	Basin	Basin	000000001908-06-29-0000Jun 29, 1908	$17,500		Demolished in 1954
2	Buffalo	Buffalo	000000001909-01-14-0000Jan 14, 1909	$12,500	90 N. Main St. 44°20′53″N 106°41′58″W / 44.34806°N 106.69944°W / 44.34806; -106.69944 (Buffalo Carnegie Library)	Completed in 1909, now a museum
3	Casper	Casper	000000001906-02-13-0000Feb 13, 1906	$13,000	2nd and Durban Sts.	Completed in 1910, demolished in May-June 1970
4	Cheyenne	Cheyenne	000000001899-12-27-0000Dec 27, 1899	$50,000	22nd St. and Capitol Ave.	Completed in 1902, demolished in 1971
5	Cody	Cody	000000001914-04-13-0000Apr 13, 1914	$15,000		Completed in 1916, demolished in 1965
6	Douglas	Douglas	000000001908-07-20-0000Jul 20, 1908	$10,000	300 Walnut St.	Completed in 1911, demolished on September 8, 1966
7	Evanston	Evanston	000000001903-02-20-0000Feb 20, 1903	$11,000	1020 Front St. 41°16′07″N 110°57′54.5″W / 41.26861°N 110.965139°W / 41.26861; -110.965139 (Evanston Carnegie Library)	Completed in 1906, now houses the Uinta County Museum and Chamber of Commerce
8	Green River	Green River	000000001905-12-08-0000Dec 8, 1905	$20,000	177 N. Center St. 41°31′45″N 109°28′03″W / 41.52917°N 109.46750°W / 41.52917; -109.46750 (Green River Carnegie Library)	Completed in 1906, now houses county circuit court
9	Lander	Lander	000000001906-11-27-0000Nov 27, 1906	$15,000	451 N. 2nd St. 42°50′11″N 108°43′41″W / 42.83639°N 108.72806°W / 42.83639; -108.72806 (Lander Carnegie Library)	Completed in 1907, renovation/restoration planned
10	Laramie	Laramie	000000001903-01-02-0000Jan 2, 1903	$20,000	405 E. Grand Ave. 41°18′40″N 105°35′31″W / 41.31111°N 105.59194°W / 41.31111; -105.59194 (Laramie Carnegie Library)	Now houses government offices
11	Lusk	Lusk	000000001914-05-08-0000May 8, 1914	$11,000	425 S. Main St. 42°45′36″N 104°27′06″W / 42.76000°N 104.45167°W / 42.76000; -104.45167 (Lusk Carnegie Library)	Completed in 1919
12	Newcastle	Newcastle	000000001911-02-20-0000Feb 20, 1911	$12,500	23 W. Main St. 43°51′20″N 104°12′11″W / 43.85556°N 104.20306°W / 43.85556; -104.20306 (Newcastle Carnegie Library)	Completed in 1911
13	Rock Springs	Rock Springs	000000001907-12-13-0000Dec 13, 1907	$12,500	400 C St. 41°35′01″N 109°13′07.5″W / 41.58361°N 109.218750°W / 41.58361; -109.218750 (Rock Springs Carnegie Library)	Completed in 1910, extensively altered
14	Sheridan	Sheridan	000000001904-03-18-0000Mar 18, 1904	$12,500		Completed in 1905, demolished in 1974
15	Thermopolis	Thermopolis	000000001917-04-03-0000Apr 3, 1917	$12,500	328 Arapahoe St. 43°38′50″N 108°12′26″W / 43.64722°N 108.20722°W / 43.64722; -108.20722 (Thermopolis Carnegie Library)	Completed in 1919, now houses government offices
16	Wheatland	Wheatland	000000001916-05-15-0000May 15, 1916	$12,500	904 9th St. 42°03′24″N 104°57′11″W / 42.05667°N 104.95306°W / 42.05667; -104.95306 (Wheatland Carnegie Library)	Completed in 1917, completely enclosed by a 1965 addition

Notes

1 2 At 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.

References

Anderson, Florence (1963). Carnegie Corporation Library Program 1911–1961. New York: Carnegie Corporation. OCLC 1282382.
Bobinski, George S. (1969). Carnegie Libraries: Their History and Impact on American Public Library Development. Chicago: American Library Association. ISBN 0-8389-0022-4.
Jones, Theodore (1997). Carnegie Libraries Across America. New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-14422-3.
Jones, Walter R. (2010). A Window to the World: The First 100 Years of the Natrona County Public Library. Casper: Natrona County Public Library. ISBN 978-0-9769584-1-3.
Miller, Durand R. (1943). Carnegie Grants for Library Buildings, 1890-1917. New York: Carnegie Corporation of New York. OCLC 2603611.
"Wyoming's Carnegie Libraries" (PDF). Wyoming Library Roundup: 11–14. Winter 2007. ISSN 0043-9738. Retrieved April 29, 2010.

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.

U.S. Carnegie libraries by state

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Federal district	District of Columbia

Other	Puerto Rico

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