List of Carnegie libraries in Wyoming

Buffalo

        Evanston

Green River

Lander

Laramie

Lusk

Newcastle

Rock Springs

Thermopolis

Wheatland

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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 2021, 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	Image	Date granted[1]	Grant amount[1]	Location	Notes
1	Basin	Basin		Jun 29, 1908	$17,500		Demolished in 1954
2	Buffalo	Buffalo		Jan 14, 1909	$12,500	90 North Main Street 44°20′53″N 106°41′58″W	Completed in 1909, now a museum
3	Casper	Casper		Feb 13, 1906	$13,000	2nd and Durban Streets	Completed in 1910, demolished in May–June 1970
4	Cheyenne	Cheyenne		Dec 27, 1899	$50,000	22nd Street and Capitol Avenue	Completed in 1902, demolished in 1971
5	Cody	Cody		Apr 13, 1914	$15,000		Completed in 1916, demolished in 1965
6	Douglas	Douglas		Jul 20, 1908	$10,000	300 Walnut Street	Completed in 1911, demolished on September 8, 1966
7	Evanston	Evanston		Feb 20, 1903	$11,000	1020 Front Street 41°16′07″N 110°57′54.5″W	Completed in 1906, now houses the Uinta County Museum and Chamber of Commerce
8	Green River	Green River		Dec 8, 1905	$20,000	177 North Center Street 41°31′45″N 109°28′03″W	Completed in 1906, now vacant
9	Lander	Lander		Nov 27, 1906	$15,000	451 North 2nd Street 42°50′11″N 108°43′41″W	Completed in 1907, renovation/restoration planned
10	Laramie	Laramie		Jan 2, 1903	$20,000	405 East Grand Avenue 41°18′40″N 105°35′31″W	Now houses government offices
11	Lusk	Lusk		May 8, 1914	$11,000	425 South Main Street 42°45′36″N 104°27′06″W	Completed in 1919
12	Newcastle	Newcastle		Feb 20, 1911	$12,500	23 West Main Street 43°51′20″N 104°12′11″W	Completed in 1911
13	Rock Springs	Rock Springs		Dec 13, 1907	$12,500	400 C Street 41°35′01″N 109°13′07.5″W	Completed in 1910, extensively altered
14	Sheridan	Sheridan		Mar 18, 1904	$12,500		Completed in 1905, demolished in 1974
15	Thermopolis	Thermopolis		Apr 3, 1917	$12,500	328 Arapahoe Street 43°38′50″N 108°12′26″W	Completed in 1919, now houses government offices
16	Wheatland	Wheatland		May 15, 1916	$12,500	904 9th Street 42°03′24″N 104°57′11″W	Completed in 1917, completely enclosed by a 1965 addition

Notes

1. 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.

External links

• Natrona County Public Library collection is archived at the American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.