List of Carnegie libraries in Arkansas
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The following list of Carnegie libraries in Arkansas provides detailed information on United States
Carnegie libraries
in Arkansas
, where 4 libraries were built from 4 grants (totaling $138,600) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York
from 1906 to 1915.
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Carnegie libraries
Carnegie library
A Carnegie library is a library built with money donated by Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. 2,509 Carnegie libraries were built between 1883 and 1929, including some belonging to public and university library systems...
in Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...
, where 4 libraries were built from 4 grants (totaling $138,600) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Carnegie Corporation of New York, which was established by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 "to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding," is one of the oldest, largest and most influential of American foundations...
from 1906 to 1915.
Key
Carnegie libraries
| Library | City or town |
Image | Date granted |
Grant amount |
Location | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eureka Springs | Eureka Springs Eureka Springs, Arkansas Eureka Springs is a city in Carroll County, Arkansas, United States. Along with Berryville, it is one of the two county seats for the county. It is located in the Ozark Mountains of northwest Arkansas. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 2,350... |
$15,500 | 194 Spring St. 36°24′27.29"N 93°44′11.88"W |
Opened in 1912. | ||
| 2 | Fort Smith | Fort Smith Fort Smith, Arkansas Fort Smith is the second-largest city in Arkansas and one of the two county seats of Sebastian County. With a population of 86,209 in 2010, it is the principal city of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area, a region of 298,592 residents which encompasses the Arkansas... |
$25,000 | 318 N. 13th St. 35°23′8.2"N 94°24′56.92"W |
After opening on January 30, 1908, this building was a library until about 1970. Today it houses KFSM-TV KFSM-TV KFSM-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for the Arkansas River Valley and Northwest Arkansas that is licensed to Fort Smith. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 18 from a transmitter northwest of Winslow. Owned by Local TV, the station has studios on North 13th... , whose production studio is located in an addition to the original structure. |
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| 3 | Little Rock | Little Rock Little Rock, Arkansas Little Rock is the capital and the largest city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 699,757 people in the 2010 census... |
$88,100 | W. 7th St. and S. Louisiana St. 34°44′31.95"N 92°16′23.03"W |
Opening on February 1, 1910, this building was razed in 1964. | ||
| 4 | Morrilton | Morrilton Morrilton, Arkansas Morrilton is a city in Conway County, Arkansas, United States, northwest of Little Rock. The town was home to Harding College, now Harding University of Searcy, Arkansas, for about a decade in the 1920s and 1930s. The population was 6,550 at the 2000 census... |
$10,000 | 101 W. Church St. 35°9′4.07"N 92°44′43.64"W |
Opened in October 1916, this library continues to serve the community as the Conway County Library. |