List of Carnegie libraries in South Dakota

The following list of Carnegie libraries in South Dakota provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in South Dakota, where 25 public libraries were built from 25 grants (totaling $254,000) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1917. In addition, academic libraries were built at 2 institutions (totaling $57,000).

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

Public libraries

	Library	City or town	Date granted^[1]	Grant amount^[1]	Location	Notes
1	Aberdeen	Aberdeen	000000001901-03-14-0000Mar 14, 1901	$15,000		Open 1902–1950
2	Armour	Armour	000000001914-02-26-0000Feb 26, 1914	$7,500	915 Main St.
3	Britton	Britton	000000001914-05-08-0000May 8, 1914	$7,500		Open 1921–2002, demolished for school expansion
4	Brookings	Brookings	000000001907-12-13-0000Dec 13, 1907	$10,000	524 4th St.	Open 1915–1976, now the Brookings Arts Council
5	Canton	Canton	000000001904-12-02-0000Dec 2, 1904	$10,000		Now a day care center
6	Dallas	Dallas	000000001913-04-28-0000Apr 28, 1913	$5,000	405 Main St.	Opened September 18, 1914
7	Deadwood	Deadwood	000000001902-04-11-0000Apr 11, 1902	$15,000	435 Williams St.
8	Dell Rapids	Dell Rapids	000000001908-11-20-0000Nov 20, 1908	$6,000	513 N. Orleans Ave.
9	Hot Springs	Hot Springs	000000001907-03-09-0000Mar 9, 1907	$10,000	145 N. Chicago St.	Now an insurance office
10	Huron	Huron	000000001907-12-13-0000Dec 13, 1907	$10,000		Open 1909–1965
11	Lake Andes	Lake Andes	000000001911-11-21-0000Nov 21, 1911	$5,000	500 Main St.
12	Madison	Madison	000000001906-01-16-0000Jan 16, 1906	$10,000	209 E. Center St.
13	Milbank	Milbank	000000001905-04-11-0000Apr 11, 1905	$7,000	211 S. 3rd St.	Closed 1979, now a museum
14	Mitchell	Mitchell	000000001902-01-10-0000Jan 10, 1902	$12,000	119 W. 3rd Ave.	Now houses historical and genealogical societies
15	Pierre	Pierre	000000001903-03-20-0000Mar 20, 1903	$12,500		Open 1905–1972
16	Rapid City	Rapid City	000000001914-03-11-0000Mar 11, 1914	$12,500	604 Kansas City St.
17	Redfield	Redfield	000000001902-03-14-0000Mar 14, 1902	$10,000	5 E. 5th Ave.	Opened in 1902
18	Sioux Falls	Sioux Falls	000000001901-01-24-0000Jan 24, 1901	$30,000	235 W. 10th St.	Open 1903–1972, now the town hall
19	Sisseton	Sisseton	000000001914-06-11-0000Jun 11, 1914	$7,500	215 Oak St. E
20	Tyndall	Tyndall	000000001915-12-03-0000Dec 3, 1915	$7,500	110 W. 17th Ave.
21	Vermillion	Vermillion	000000001903-02-20-0000Feb 20, 1903	$10,000	12 Church St.
22	Wagner	Wagner	000000001915-06-01-0000Jun 1, 1915	$5,000
23	Watertown	Watertown	000000001903-04-13-0000Apr 13, 1903	$10,000	27 1st Ave. SE	Open 1906–1967, now a museum
24	Wessington Springs	Wessington Springs	000000001917-05-03-0000May 3, 1917	$7,000	109 W. Main St.
25	Yankton	Yankton	000000001902-03-14-0000Mar 14, 1902	$12,000	4th and Capitol Sts.

Academic libraries

	Institution	Locality	Image	Date granted^[2]	Grant amount^[2]	Location	Notes
1	University of South Dakota	Vermillion		000000001906-02-02-0000Feb 2, 1906	$40,000	350 E. Clark St.	Now the National Music Museum
2	Yankton College	Yankton		000000001904-02-02-0000Feb 2, 1904	$17,000	About 1048 Douglas Ave. 42°52′48″N 97°23′27″W / 42.88000°N 97.39083°W / 42.88000; -97.39083	Became the Art Building in 1970. Part of Federal Prison Camp, Yankton since 1988

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.
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.
Richards, Susan L. (Spring 1990). "The Building of Carnegie Libraries in South Dakota" (PDF). South Dakota History. South Dakota State Historical Society Press. 20 (1): 1–16. ISSN 0361-8676. Retrieved July 19, 2013.

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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