List of Carnegie libraries in New Hampshire

Berlin

Claremont

Dover

Franklin

Lebanon

Littleton

Raymond

Rochester

Whitefield

UNH

New Hampshire Carnegie libraries

The following list of Carnegie libraries in New Hampshire provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in New Hampshire, where 9 public libraries were built from 9 grants (totaling $134,000) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1902 to 1907. In addition, one academic library was built.

Key

Building still operating as a library
Building standing, but now serving another purpose
Building contributes to a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places

Public libraries

	Library	City or town	Date granted^[1]	Grant amount^[1]	Location	Notes^[2]
1	Berlin Public Library	Berlin	000000001902-12-27-0000Dec 27, 1902	$17,000	270 Main St. 44°28′21″N 71°10′42″W / 44.472562°N 71.178274°W / 44.472562; -71.178274 (Berlin Public Library)
2	Fiske Free Library	Claremont	000000001903-01-13-0000Jan 13, 1903	$15,000	108 Broad St. 43°22′20″N 72°20′12″W / 43.372348°N 72.336602°W / 43.372348; -72.336602 (Fiske Free Library)	The design of Henry M. Francis & Sons, this library was expanded in 1922 and renovated in 1966.
3	Dover	Dover	000000001902-04-26-0000Apr 26, 1902	$30,000	73 Locust St. 43°11′36″N 70°52′32″W / 43.193241°N 70.875549°W / 43.193241; -70.875549 (INSERT Public Library)	Designed by architects Randlett & Griffin, this building was dedicated July 19, 1905, and underwent a major renovation in the late 1980s.^[3]
4	Franklin	Franklin	000000001903-11-25-0000Nov 25, 1903	$15,000	310 Central St. 43°26′40″N 71°38′49″W / 43.444538°N 71.646953°W / 43.444538; -71.646953 (Franklin Public Library)
5	Lebanon	Lebanon	000000001907-12-13-0000Dec 13, 1907	$12,500	9 E. Park St. 43°38′37″N 72°15′00″W / 43.643715°N 72.250128°W / 43.643715; -72.250128 (Lebanon Public Library)
6	Littleton	Littleton	000000001902-03-14-0000Mar 14, 1902	$15,000	92 Main St. 44°18′26″N 71°46′24″W / 44.307205°N 71.773446°W / 44.307205; -71.773446 (Littleton Public Library)	Designed by Robert Coit in the Classical Revival style and opened in 1906, the library's interior was renovated in 1959-1960.
7	Raymond	Raymond	000000001906-05-15-0000May 15, 1906	$2,000	9 Epping St. 43°02′14″N 71°10′56″W / 43.037309°N 71.182351°W / 43.037309; -71.182351 (Raymond Public Library)	Opening October 1, 1908, this library was significantly expanded in 1993.
8	Rochester	Rochester	000000001903-12-22-0000Dec 22, 1903	$20,000	65 S. Main St. 43°18′08″N 70°58′29″W / 43.302274°N 70.974813°W / 43.302274; -70.974813 (Rochester Public Library)	Designed by Randlett & Griffin in the Georgian Revival style and opened October 2, 1905, this library built additions in 1941 and 1996.
9	Whitefield	Whitefield	000000001903-04-23-0000Apr 23, 1903	$7,500	8 Lancaster Rd. 44°22′29″N 71°36′41″W / 44.374591°N 71.611354°W / 44.374591; -71.611354 (Whitefield Public Library)	Dedicated September 6, 1904, this J. Lawrence Berry work remains largely the same today with the exception of a 1990 basement renovation.

Academic library

	Institution	Town	Image	Date granted^[4]	Grant amount^[4]	Location	Notes
1	New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts	Durham		000000001905-03-31-0000Mar 31, 1905	$20,000	95 Main St. 43°08′08″N 70°55′51″W / 43.135684°N 70.930942°W / 43.135684; -70.930942 (Hamilton Smith Library)	Located on the campus of the eventual University of New Hampshire, the Hamilton Smith library was opened June 3, 1907, and served in this capacity until 1958. It now houses various offices.

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.
↑ Smith, Corinne H. "New England Carnegies: honoring the public libraries that Andrew Carnegie helped to fund". Retrieved 2009-07-15.
↑ "Dover PL history". Dover Public Library. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
1 2 Miller, pp. 38–40

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.
Miller, Durand R. (1943). Carnegie Grants for Library Buildings, 1890-1917. New York: Carnegie Corporation of New York. OCLC 2603611.

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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