Alexandria

Jennings

New Orleans (4)

Louisiana Carnegie library buildings still standing

The following list of Carnegie libraries in Louisiana provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Louisiana, where 9 libraries were built from 4 grants (totaling $380,000) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1907. As of 2013, 6 of these buildings are still standing, and 3 still operate as libraries.

  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

	Library	City or town	Image	Date granted[1]	Grant amount[1][2]	Location	Notes
1	Alexandria	Alexandria		Apr 8, 1907	$10,000	503 Washington St.	Now a museum and genealogical library
2	Jennings	Jennings		Mar 9, 1907	$10,000	303 Cary Ave.
3	Lake Charles	Lake Charles		Oct 17, 1901	$10,000	411 Pujo St.	Replaced c.1950
4	New Orleans Main	New Orleans		Dec 29, 1902	$350,000		Demolished c.1960
5	New Orleans Algiers	New Orleans		Dec 29, 1902	—	725 Pelican Ave.
6	New Orleans Canal	New Orleans		Dec 29, 1902	—	2940 Canal St.	Open 1911–1958, now a yoga center
7	New Orleans Dryades	New Orleans		Dec 29, 1902	—	2220 Oretha C Haley Blvd.	"Colored" branch during the era of racial segregation, open 1915–1965. Now a YMCA center
8	New Orleans Napoleon	New Orleans		Dec 29, 1902	—	913 Napoleon Ave.
9	New Orleans Royal	New Orleans		Dec 29, 1902	—		Severely damaged by Hurricane Betsy in 1965, demolished

• 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.

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.

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