List of Carnegie libraries in California

The following list of Carnegie libraries in California provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in California, where 142 public libraries were built from 121 grants (totaling $2,779,487) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1899 to 1917.

In addition, academic libraries were built at two institutions (totaling $60,000).

Download coordinates as: 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 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.

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