List of Carnegie libraries in Montana

The following list of Carnegie libraries in Montana provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Montana, where 17 libraries were built from 17 grants (totaling $219,200) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1918. As of 2013, 15 of these buildings are still standing, and 9 still operate as libraries.

Big Timber
Bozeman
Chinook
Dillon
Fort Benton
Hamilton
Hardin
Havre
Kalispell
Lewistown
Livingston
Malta
Miles City
Missoula
Red Lodge
Montana Carnegie library buildings still standing

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 Big Timber Big Timber May 16, 1911 $7,500 314 McLeod St.
45°49′57″N 109°57′7″W
2 Bozeman Bozeman Mar 14, 1902 $15,000 35 N. Bozeman Ave.
45°40′49″N 111°2′4″W		 Now houses law offices
3 Chinook Chinook Oct 29, 1918 $15,000 421 Ohio St.
4 Dillon Dillon Jan 22, 1902 $7,500 121 S. Idaho St.
45°12′59″N 112°38′13″W
5 Fort Benton Fort Benton Mar 31, 1916 $15,000 1518 Main St.
6 Glasgow Glasgow Apr 8, 1907 $7,500 Demolished about 1965
7 Great Falls Great Falls Jun 21, 1901 $31,700 Demolished about 1965
8 Hamilton Hamilton Jul 23, 1914 $9,000 306 State St.
9 Hardin Hardin Mar 31, 1916 $7,500 419 N. Custer Ave.
10 Havre Havre Mar 14, 1913 $12,000 447 4th Ave.
48°32′57″N 109°40′35″W		 Now the Old Library Art Gallery
11 Kalispell Kalispell Dec 21, 1901 $10,000 302 2nd Ave. E. Now the Hockaday Museum of Art
12 Lewistown Lewistown Jan 19, 1905 $10,000 701 W. Main St.
47°3′41″N 109°25′47″W		 Completed in 1906, opened in 1907
13 Livingston Livingston Mar 20, 1903 $10,000 228 W. Callender St. Opened October 1904
14 Malta Malta Feb 3, 1917 $15,000 S. 1st St.
48°21′35″N 107°52′34″W		 Now a museum
15 Miles City Miles City Jul 16, 1901 $10,000 1 S. 10th St.
16 Missoula Missoula Jan 13, 1903 $12,500 335 N. Pattee St.
46°52′21″N 113°59′29″W		 Now the Missoula Art Museum
17 Red Lodge Red Lodge Jun 11, 1914 $15,000 3 W. 8th St.

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.
  • 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.

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