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The following list of Carnegie libraries in Idaho provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Idaho, where 11 libraries were built from 11 grants (totaling over $138,000) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1903 to 1914. As of 2010, nine of these buildings were still standing, and three still operated ...
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 ...
The Boise Public Library began in 1895 when members of the Columbian Club opened a subscription library and reading room in Boise City Hall. [4] When Boise received a grant in 1904 to build a Carnegie library, local architects John E. Tourtellotte and Charles F. Hummel won the design contract, and the local firm of Michels & Weber received the construction contract.
The Pocatello Carnegie Library is a historic building in Pocatello, Idaho. It was built as a Carnegie library in 1907, and designed in the Palladian architectural style. [2] According to Arthur Hart, the director of the Idaho State Historical Museum, "Pilasters are topped with stone triglyphs in the narrow frieze. On the entry facade the words ...
The Mountain Home Carnegie Library, at 180 S. 3rd St. East, in Mountain Home, Idaho, was built as a Carnegie library in 1908. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [ 1 ]
The Carnegie Public Library in Boise was built for $25,000 in 1905. It was paid for by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. The city and the Columbian Club, a women’s group, added $5,000 for furnishings.
Idaho library worker says advice is inconsistent Patrons under the new law can submit a request for a public or school library to relocate material they considered harmful to an adult section.
Boise's Carnegie library was designed by Tourtellotte & Co. and built by local contractors Michels & Weber in 1904. [43] Dedication of the building occurred May 3, 1905, [44] and the library opened to the public June 22, 1905. [45] By 1964 the library had outgrown its 11,000 square feet of floor space at the Carnegie library. [46]
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