List of Carnegie libraries in Wisconsin

The following list of Carnegie libraries in Wisconsin provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Wisconsin, where 63 public libraries were built from 60 grants (totaling $1,047,762) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1915. In addition, academic libraries were built for 2 institutions (totaling $104,000).

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	Image	Date granted[1]	Grant amount[1]	Location	Notes
1	Antigo	Antigo		Mar 20, 1903	$15,000	404 Superior St. 45°8′17″N 89°9′10″W
2	Arcadia	Arcadia		Mar 14, 1905	$5,000	406 E. Main St. 45°15′8″N 91°29′44″W
3	Baraboo	Baraboo		Mar 14, 1902	$15,000	230 4th Ave. 43°28′16″N 89°44′44″W	Designed by Louis Claude.[2]
4	Barron	Barron		May 17, 1912	$7,000	10 N. 3rd St.
5	Bayfield	Bayfield		Feb 2, 1903	$10,000	37 N. Broad St.
6	Beloit	Beloit		Jul 16, 1901	$25,000
7	Berlin	Berlin		Feb 2, 1903	$12,250	121 W. Park Ave.
8	Black River Falls	Black River Falls		Mar 11, 1914	$10,000	321 Main St. 44°17′43″N 90°51′05″W
9	Chippewa Falls	Chippewa Falls		Feb 15, 1902	$20,000
10	Clintonville	Clintonville		Apr 19, 1915	$9,000	95 S. Main St.
11	Columbus	Columbus		Mar 27, 1903	$10,000	112 S. Dickason Blvd. 43°20′20″N 89°00′58″W
12	Cumberland	Cumberland		Jan 19, 1905	$10,000	1305 2nd Ave. 45°32′03″N 91°44′19″W
13	Darlington	Darlington		Feb 5, 1904	$10,000	525 N. Main St.
14	Durand	Durand		Dec 23, 1905	$7,500	315 W. 2nd Ave. 44°37′40″N 91°58′00″W
15	Eau Claire	Eau Claire		Feb 4, 1902	$40,000	217 S. Farwell St. 44°48′43″N 91°29′53″W
16	Edgerton	Edgerton		Mar 14, 1905	$10,000	101 Albion St.
17	Elroy	Elroy		Nov 24, 1905	$10,000	501 2nd Main St.
18	Fond du Lac	Fond du Lac		Feb 4, 1902	$30,000
19	Green Bay	Green Bay		Feb 13, 1901	$45,000	125 S. Jefferson St. 44°30′44″N 88°00′49″W
20	Hayward	Hayward		Dec 14, 1903	$10,000	Main St. and U.S. Route 63
21	Hudson	Hudson		Mar 20, 1903	$12,000	304 Locust St. 44°58′33″N 92°45′19″W
22	Janesville	Janesville		Mar 7, 1901	$30,000	64 S. Main St. 42°40′53″N 89°01′15″W
23	Jefferson	Jefferson		Jan 23, 1911	$10,000	305 S. Main St. 43°00′12″N 88°48′27″W
24	Kaukauna	Kaukauna		Dec 27, 1902	$12,000	111 Main Ave. 44°16′47″N 88°16′14″W
25	Kilbourn	Kilbourn		Feb 15, 1912	$6,000	429 Broadway 43°37′41″N 89°46′15″W
26	Ladysmith	Ladysmith		Feb 6, 1907	$10,000	101 Lake Avenue E.	Designed by Claude and Starck.[3]
27	Madison Main	Madison		Aug 16, 1901	$90,000
28	Madison 6th Ward	Madison		1911	$15,000	1249 Williamson St.
29	Manitowoc	Manitowoc		Dec 27, 1902	$25,000
30	Medford	Medford		May 21, 1913	$6,000	104 E. Perkins St. 45°08′02″N 90°20′30″W
31	Merrill	Merrill		Dec 13, 1907	$17,500	106 W. 1st St. 45°10′47″N 89°42′05″W
32	Neenah	Neenah		Oct 3, 1901	$12,500
33	Neillsville	Neillsville		Nov 3, 1913	$10,000	409 Hewett St.
34	New London	New London		Nov 25, 1903	$10,000	406 S. Pearl St.
35	Platteville	Platteville		Jan 14, 1914	$12,500	190 Market St.
36	Plymouth	Plymouth		Apr 6, 1908	$10,000	130 Division St.
37	Racine Main	Racine		Jul 16, 1901	$50,000	701 S. Main St. 42°43′33″N 87°46′56″W
38	Racine Uptown	Racine		1914	$10,000	1407 S. Memorial Dr.	Date of grant not clear; branch was opened in 1914.[4]
39	Reedsburg	Reedsburg		Jan 23, 1911	$10,000	345 Vine St.
40	Rhinelander	Rhinelander		Jan 2, 1903	$15,000	106 N. Stevens St.
41	Rice Lake	Rice Lake		Dec 22, 1903	$10,000	16 S. Main St. 45°30′04″N 91°44′02″W
42	Richland Center	Richland Center		Dec 22, 1903	$10,000
43	Ripon	Ripon		Apr 11, 1902	$12,000	401 Watson St.
44	Shawano	Shawano		Jun 11, 1914	$10,000	121 E. Green Bay St.
45	Sheboygan	Sheboygan		Mar 6, 1901	$35,000	705 N. 8th St.	Library moved to newer structure at 710 N. 8th St. in 1974; building used for other purposes as linked in article until exterior was converted into a modern 'ruin' structure surrounding a garden by current owners John Michael Kohler Arts Center in 1999.
46	South Milwaukee	South Milwaukee		Sep 29, 1915	$15,000
47	Sparta	Sparta		Feb 4, 1902	$12,000	124 W. Main St. 43°56′39″N 90°48′41″W
48	Stevens Point	Stevens Point		Apr 26, 1902	$21,859
49	Stoughton	Stoughton		Dec 23, 1905	$13,000	304 S. 4th St.
50	Sturgeon Bay	Sturgeon Bay		Apr 25, 1911	$12,500	354 Michigan St. 44°50′06″N 87°22′32″W
51	Superior Main	Superior		Mar 7, 1901	$70,000	1204 Hammond Ave.
52	Superior East End	Superior		1917	$20,000	2306 E. 5th St.
53	Tomah	Tomah		Mar 16, 1915	$10,000	716 Superior Ave. 43°58′47″N 90°30′14″W
54	Two Rivers	Two Rivers		Jan 9, 1913	$12,500	1516 16th St.	The library has been razed and is now a parking lot.
55	Viroqua	Viroqua		Feb 5, 1904	$10,000	118 E. Jefferson St.
56	Washburn	Washburn		Feb 12, 1903	$18,000	307 Washington Ave. 46°40′22″N 90°53′43″W
57	Watertown	Watertown		Apr 20, 1905	$20,000	100 S. Water St.
58	Waukesha	Waukesha		Mar 14, 1902	$15,000	321 W. Wisconsin Ave.
59	Waupaca	Waupaca		Apr 28, 1913	$10,000	321 S. Main St. 44°21′19″N 89°05′05″W
60	Waupun	Waupun		Mar 8, 1904	$11,653	22 S. Madison St. 43°37′57″N 88°43′48″W	Designed by H. A. Foeller.
61	Wausau	Wausau		Jan 6, 1903	$29,000
62	Wauwatosa	Wauwatosa		Feb 7, 1905	$6,000
63	West Allis	West Allis		Mar 14, 1913	$15,000	1508 S. 75th St.

The Kaukauna library has been replaced and is being converted into an apartment building

Academic libraries

	Institution	Locality	Image	Date granted[5]	Grant amount[5]	Location	Notes
1	Beloit College	Beloit		Apr 24, 1903	$50,000
2	Lawrence College	Appleton		Jan 7, 1905	$54,000

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.
2. "Library History". Baraboo Public Library. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
3. "Building History". Retrieved June 14, 2013.
4. "The History of the Racine Public Library". Retrieved August 15, 2023.
5. 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.