List of Carnegie libraries in Connecticut
Bridgeport East
Bridgeport North
Bridgeport North
Derby Neck
Enfield
New Haven Davenport
New Haven Dixwell
New Haven Fair Haven
New Haven Dixwell
New Haven Fair Haven
Norwalk
South Norwalk
Unionville
West Haven
Connecticut Carnegie libraries
The following list of Carnegie libraries in Connecticut provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Connecticut, where 11 libraries were built from 8 grants (totaling $191,900) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1914.
Key
Building still operating as a library
Building standing, but now serving another purpose
Building listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Carnegie libraries
| Library | City or town |
Image | Date granted[1][2] |
Grant amount[1] |
Location | Notes[3] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bridgeport East Branch | Bridgeport | Apr 13, 1914 | $50,000 | Kossuth St. and Jane St. 41°11′25″N 73°10′56″W / 41.190329625132335°N 73.18235635757446°W |
This neoclassical building opened July 26, 1918, and was closed in the 1980s. It was recently a church. | |
| 2 | Bridgeport North Branch | Bridgeport | Apr 13, 1914 | ($50,000) | 2181 Main St. 41°11′36″N 73°11′52″W / 41.19344601029662°N 73.19791316986084°W |
This Neo-Renaissance building opened July 25, 1918, and served as a library until 1995. It is currently for sale. | |
| 3 | Derby Neck | Derby | Mar 12, 1906 | $3,400 | 307 Hawthorne Ave. 41°19′53″N 73°06′03″W / 41.33146738993069°N 73.10092449188232°W |
Major expansions in 1972 and 2002 allowed this Henry Killam Murphy neoclassical design to be greatly enlarged. It opened January 5, 1907.[4] | |
| 4 | Enfield | Enfield | Nov 9, 1910 | $20,000 | 159 Pearl St. 41°59′42″N 72°35′25″W / 41.99490325133054°N 72.59018898010254°W |
Opened May 5, 1914, this building remains a branch of the larger Enfield central library. | |
| 5 | New Haven Fair Haven Branch | New Haven | Mar 14, 1913 | $60,000 | 182 Grand Ave. 41°18′34″N 72°53′40″W / 41.309566687902645°N 72.89430856704712°W |
Opened in 1916, this building underwent a major renovation in 1993. | |
| 6 | New Haven Davenport Branch | New Haven | Mar 14, 1913 | ($60,000) | 265 Portsea St. 41°17′51″N 72°56′06″W / 41.29736420916466°N 72.93497085571289°W |
This building was used as a library until 1978 but is now a radio station. | |
| 7 | New Haven Dixwell Branch | New Haven | Mar 14, 1913 | ($60,000) | 555 Dixwell Ave. 41°19′46″N 72°56′06″W / 41.32943717081524°N 72.93503522872925°W |
This Norton and Townsend designed was used as a library from 1921 to 1968. It is now a church of the United Holy Church of America. | |
| 8 | Norwalk | Norwalk | Aug 16, 1901 | $20,000 | 1 Belden Ave. 41°07′16″N 73°24′55″W / 41.12100422338172°N 73.41527938842773°W |
Designed by W. & G. Audsley, this Elizabethan building was opened in 1903 and expanded greatly in 1982. | |
| 9 | South Norwalk | South Norwalk | Apr 23, 1908 | $20,000 | 10 Washington St. 41°05′59″N 73°25′16″W / 41.09961504748542°N 73.42113733291626°W |
Granted when South Norwalk was still independent of Norwalk, this building had additions built in 1950 and 2005. | |
| 10 | Unionville | Unionville | Sep 25, 1914 | $8,500 | 15 School St. 41°45′32″N 72°53′19″W / 41.75887588034899°N 72.88855791091919°W |
Now the Unionville Museum, this design by noted library architect Edward Lippincott Tilton was a library from 1917 to the 1960s. | |
| 11 | West Haven | West Haven | Aug 6, 1906 | $10,000 | 300 Elm St. 41°16′34″N 72°57′08″W / 41.27616160853498°N 72.95217990875244°W |
After opening September 1, 1909, this McLean & Wright design has remained in continuous use as a library since, expanding in 1960 and 2002.[5] |
Notes
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ In cases where multiple branches were granted, only the total amount is reflected in this column.
- ^ Smith, Corinne H. "New England Carnegies: honoring the public libraries that Andrew Carnegie helped to fund". Retrieved 2009-07-15.
- ^ "Welcome — About the Library". Derby Neck Library. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
- ^ "About the Library". West Haven Public Library. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
References
- Bobinski, George S. (1969). Carnegie Libraries: Their History and Impact on American Public Library Development. Chicago: American Library Association. ISBN 0838900224.
- Jones, Theodore (1997). Carnegie Libraries Across America. New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0471144223.
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 (usually Jones) without support from the others. Reader discretion is advised.