The towns of Bluefield and Williamson were both unable to provide a suitable building site for a new library.
Leaders in the Charleston community did not think the Carnegie grant was substantial enough to build a library that would adequately serve their population.
"[1] Carnegie refused to modify the award and a bond proposal to raise more funds in 1915 failed.
In Wheeling, labor leaders ensured that the town would not receive a Carnegie award; they effectively boycotted the municipal bond levy due to the deaths of steelworkers at Carnegie's Homestead, Pennsylvania mill during the 1892 strike.
[1] Download coordinates as: Building standing, but now serving another purpose 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.