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Carnegie Libraries in Iowa
City | Year Built | Current Status | Other |
Albia | 1905 | Library | Addition |
Alden | 1913 | Library | 2001 Addition |
Algona | 1903 | Gift shop | |
Ames | 1903 | Library | Remodeled |
Atlantic | 1902 | Library | Remodeled/Addition |
Audubon | 1911 | Library | Remodeled/Addition 1993 |
Bedford | 1915 | Library | |
Bloomfield | 1911 | Library | |
Britt | 1916 | Razed, mid 1960's | |
Carroll | 1903 | Museum | |
Cedar Falls | 1902 | Razed | Torn down for new library 2001 |
Cedar Rapids | 1901 | Art Museum | |
Chariton | 1903 | Library | Remodeled/Addition |
Charles City | 1903 | Art Center | |
Cherokee | 1903 | Library | Addition/Renovation |
Clarinda | 1908 | Library | new building planned |
Clear Lake | 1916 | Library | new wing 1979 and 2001 |
Clinton | 1901 | Library | Plan to build new library in 2002 |
Colfax | 1904 | Library | |
Corydon | 1917 | School Offices | |
Council Bluffs | 1903 | Railroad Museum | New Library 97 |
Cresco | 1913 | Library | Addition/Renovation |
Davenport | 1904 | Razed, 1965 | |
Denison | 1902 | Library | Renovation |
DeWitt | 1907 | City Hall | new library 1989 |
Dubuque | 1901 | Library | Renovation |
Dunlap | 1911 | Library | |
Eagle Grove | 1902 | History Museum | |
Eldon | 1911 | Library | |
Eldora | 1901 | Law offices | New Library 2000 |
Emmetsburg | 1911 | Palo Alto County Heritage Center & ISU Extension | new library 1997 |
Estherville | 1902 | Library | Addition |
Fairfield | 1892 | Indian Hills satellite campus, museum & Iowa Workforce offices | new library 1996 |
Fort Dodge | 1901 | Privately owned | New Library 2000 |
Garner | 1914 | Razed, 1977-78 | new library 1979 |
Glenwood | 1903 | Library | |
Greenfield | 1915 | Restored and now gift shop (2000) | |
Grundy Center | 1910 | Torn down to build new library | New Library |
Hamburg | 1915 | Library | |
Hampton | 1902 | Library | |
Hawarden | 1901 | Library | Addition/Renovation |
Humboldt | 1906 | Library | Renovation |
Indianola | 1903 | Opera Office | new library 1985 |
Iowa City | 1902 | Commercial Offices | |
Iowa Falls | 1903 | Carnegie Art Museum/History Museum | New Library |
Jefferson | 1903 | Library | addition 1960 |
Knoxville | 1910 | Library | Addition/Renovation 1957 |
Lake City | 1908 | Library | 2001 - Planning New Library |
Laurens | 1907 | Museum/County | |
Le Mars | 1903 | Art Center/Civic Center | |
Leon | 1905 | Library | |
Logan | 1915 | Library | Addition |
Malvern | 1915 | Library | Addition/Renovation |
Manchester | 1902 | Library | Addition/Renovation |
Maquoketa | 1902 | Library | Addition/Renovation |
Marengo | 1904 | Library | Expansion 2006 |
Marion | 1903 | Methodist Church offices | Library New Building |
Marshalltown | 1901 | Library | Renovation; new library planned 2007 |
Mason City | 1902 | Private Offices/Construction Firm | |
Missouri Valley | 1909 | Library | Renovation 2000 |
Montezuma | 1917 | 2004 owned by city/plans uncertain | new library 2005 |
Monticello | 1903 | Library | plans for new library 2006 |
Mount Ayr | 1915 | Library | |
Mount Pleasant | 1903 | Education Center 2004 | 2001 Plan New Library;Carnegie purchased by Southeastern College, 2004 |
Mount Vernon | 1905 | Norton Geology Center & Anderson Science Museum | |
Nashua | 1905 | Library | addition 1986 |
New Hampton | 1908 | Culture Center/Museum | |
Newton | 1902 | Razed, 1994 | new library |
Odebolt | 1904 | Library | Addition |
Onawa | 1907 | Library | Addition/Renovation 2005 |
Osage | 1905 | City Hall/Chamber offices | New Library 1995 |
Osceola | 1908 | Library | Addition/Renovation |
Oskaloosa | 1902 | Library | Renovation |
Ottumwa | 1902 | Library | Renovation/Addition |
Pella | 1905 | City Hall/storage | Additions 1957 & 1977 / New Library 2000 |
Perry | 1903 | Museum & special collections | new library 1993 |
Red Oak | 1906 | Library | Addition 1920s |
Reinbeck | 1916 | Library | Addition/Renovation 1992 |
Rockwell City | 1908 | Library | Will build new library |
Sac City | 1911 | Police/Chamber of Commerce | |
Sanborn | 1911 | will be moved or razed; 2006 | new library planned for 2006 |
Sheldon | 1906 | Museum | new library 1969 |
Shenandoah | 1903 | Library | Addition 1950; 2004 new addition planned |
Sibley | 1915 | Library | Addition/Renovation |
Sigourney | 1913 | N/A | Plan New Library 2001 |
Sioux City - Main | 1911 | Carnegie Place Apartments | |
Sioux City - Branch | 1911 | N/A | |
Spencer | 1903 | Razed, 1970 | |
Spirit Lake | 1905 | Business offices | Library adaptive reuse of grocery building 1990 |
Storm Lake | 1903 | City owned/Santa's Castle | new library 1971 |
Stuart | 1906 | Library | |
Tama | 1904 | Woodworking Shop | New Library |
Tipton | 1902 | Library | Plan to Renovate? |
Traer | 1914 | Library | Addition/Renovation 2004 complete |
Villisca | 1907 | Library | Added Elevator |
Vinton | 1903 | Library | Addition/Renovation |
Waterloo - East Side | 1906 | City Offices | |
Waterloo - West Side | 1906 | Law Offices | |
Waverly | 1903 | Offices | New Library; old building now offices |
West Liberty | 1904 | Library | Addition/Renovation |
Winterset | 1904 | Renovated for City Hall offices 2001/2002 | Library - Adaptive reuse of Vocational bldg 2001 |
Woodbine | 1909 | Library | Addition 2001 |
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