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A 🤖 visiting every library that Andrew Carnegie paid for, 1883–1929, one at a time. Sources and credits in the pinned post. Run by @stanfordc.bsky.social. 📚
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Sources and credits 📚

📷 Photos: Wikimedia Commons
📖 Grants and dates: Wikipedia’s lists of Carnegie libraries (CC BY-SA), drawn from Bobinski (1969) and Jones (1997)
🏛️ Included: The 1,367 of 2,509 libraries with a free photo
🤖 Image descriptions are A.I.-written.
💻 Source: GitHub
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Moultrie, Georgia 📚
39 N. Main St.

$10,000 from Andrew Carnegie, December 3, 1906 (about $358,000 today)

📷 Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0

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A.I.-written description: Red brick building with white stone trim, a wide arched window above a white entrance porch with a wreath on the door, flanked by trees, a black lamppost, and a street in front under a clear sky.
October 5, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Trinidad, Colorado 📚
202 N. Animas St.

$15,000 from Andrew Carnegie, March 20, 1903 (about $538,000 today)

📷 Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0

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A.I.-written description: Ashlar stone building with columned arched entrance and tall arched windows. A relief inscription reads ‘PUBLIC LIBRARY’ above the doorway.
October 5, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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Goderich Public Library, Ontario, Canada 📚
52 Montreal St.
📍 Map

$10,000 from Andrew Carnegie, 14 March 1902 (about $372,000 today)

📷 Ian Furst · CC BY-SA 3.0

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A.I.-written description: Red brick building with arched windows, white trim and stone base, featuring a distinctive round turret with a conical roof; climbing ivy covers the right side beneath clear blue sky.
October 4, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Sacramento, California 📚
828 I St., Sacramento, CA 95814

$100,000 from Andrew Carnegie, February 26, 1914 (about $3.2 million today)

📷 Shortride · CC BY-SA 3.0

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A.I.-written description: Stone building with a distinctive central arched window and entrance, framed by climbing plants. Parked cars front the street; a modern tower visible behind.
October 4, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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Valdosta, Georgia 📚
305 W. Central Avenue

$15,000 from Andrew Carnegie, April 30, 1912 (about $500,000 today)

📷 Bubba73 · CC BY-SA 3.0

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A.I.-written description: A red brick building with a light stone entrance, its pediment lettered “CARNEGIE LIBRARY” above a pair of columns flanking the doorway. Tall windows line the front, wide stone steps lead up under an American flag on a pole, and palms and clipped shrubs fill the foundation planting.
October 3, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Blackpool, England 📚

Opened 1911

📷 Gerald England · CC BY-SA 2.0

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A.I.-written description: A red brick building with cream stone detailing and a tall fluted dome, occupying a street corner. Classical columns frame an arched entrance; modern bollards and protective barriers stand in front.
October 3, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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Yolo, California 📚
37750 Sacramento St., Yolo, CA 95697

$3,000 from Andrew Carnegie, September 14, 1917 (about $75,000 today)

📷 Brian Wickstrom · CC BY-SA 3.0

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A.I.-written description: A single-story wood-sided building painted brown with white trim, a pitched roof fitted with solar panels, and a small gabled porch over the entrance with white columns. Large windows flank the door, a bicycle leans nearby, a wooden bench sits on the gravel lot in front, and a freestanding sign reading “County of Yolo, Yolo Branch Library” stands to the left, with trees framing the scene under a clear sky.
October 2, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Port Richmond, New York City 📚
75 Bennett St.
📍 Map

📷 Mcmillin24 · CC BY-SA 3.0

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A.I.-written description: Brick library building with cream render panels and arched windows, fronted by mature trees. Dark blue entrance door beneath a modern accessible ramp.
October 2, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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Freeport, Illinois 📚
314 W. Stephenson St.

$30,000 from Andrew Carnegie, February 21, 1901 (about $1.2 million today)

📷 2cooljohn · CC0

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A.I.-written description: A brick building with a stone-trimmed facade, its entrance set in a round arch flanked by tall columns and topped with “PUBLIC LIBRARY” carved into a stone pediment and “1901” set in a circular medallion. Wide stone steps with metal railings lead up to the glass-paneled door, with round-arched windows to either side and a large tree and lawn in front under an overcast sky.
October 1, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Hutchinson, Minnesota 📚
50 Hassan St. SE
📍 Map

$12,500 from Andrew Carnegie, April 13, 1903 (about $448,000 today)

📷 McGhiever · CC BY-SA 4.0

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A.I.-written description: A brick building with white-columned classical portico and triangular pediment; arched window above double doors, with rectangular windows each side and basement windows below. Concrete path through manicured garden.
October 1, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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Maybole, Scotland 📚

📷 Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0

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A.I.-written description: A red sandstone corner building with a conical-roofed turret at one corner and a curved gable above tall arched windows on the upper floor, glazed shopfronts and a doorway with a carved stone panel above at street level, on a corner with a bus stop, street lamps and trees along the pavement under a partly cloudy sky.
September 30, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Coedpoeth, Wales 📚

Opened 1904

📷 Eirian Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0

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A.I.-written description: Two-storey building of golden-coloured stone blocks with white-framed multi-pane windows on each floor, pitched roof with reddish ridge, and a dark wooden door at street level.
September 30, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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Gilman, Illinois 📚
117 E. 2nd St.

$10,000 from Andrew Carnegie, September 29, 1915 (about $318,000 today)

📷 2cooljohn · CC0

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A.I.-written description: A single-story brick building with a wide hipped roof partly covered in snow, “Carnegie Library” carved into a stone panel above the entrance. Stone columns flank a glass-paned door reached by a short flight of steps, with tall windows on either side and evergreen shrubs along the base, set behind a snow-covered lawn with a small sign and bare and evergreen trees.
September 29, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Knightstown, Indiana 📚
5 E. Main St.

$10,000 from Andrew Carnegie, April 25, 1911 (about $346,000 today)

📷 Nyttend · Public domain

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A.I.-written description: Brick building with light stone trim and a flat roof, a double door under a peaked glass transom reached by a short flight of steps between two lamp posts, with large windows to either side. A flagpole and a dark red tree stand in front, with a bench, a parked car, and lawn along the street.
September 29, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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Burlington, Kansas 📚
201 N. 3rd St.
📍 Map

$9,656 from Andrew Carnegie, April 25, 1911 (about $334,000 today)

📷 Shamera · CC BY-SA 4.0

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A.I.-written description: Red brick building with cream trim and a peaked roof; large windows line the walls above a stone foundation base. An old bicycle stands in the foreground under a clear blue sky.
September 28, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Irchester, England 📚

Opened 1909

📷 JuliaC2006 from Rochester, UK · CC BY 2.0

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A.I.-written description: Red brick building with stone banding and twin gables, screened by a forecourt wall and metal railings. Ivy clings to the left corner; a church spire rises beyond.
September 28, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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Bemidji, Minnesota 📚
426 Bemidji Ave.
📍 Map

$12,500 from Andrew Carnegie, February 10, 1908 (about $448,000 today)

📷 McGhiever · CC BY-SA 3.0

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A.I.-written description: A single-story red brick building with a stone foundation and a pitched roof with a triangular pediment, “CARNEGIE PUBLIC LIBRARY” carved above the entrance. Two columns flank glass double doors reached by a short flight of steps, with tall windows on either side and a “SHOP 426” sign in one window.
September 27, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Eccles, England 📚

Opened 1907

📷 BarriePrice100 · CC BY-SA 4.0

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A.I.-written description: Red brick building with a prominent rounded tower topped by a domed copper roof and spire. Arched openings below, rectangular windows above, with lighter detailing between storeys; ivy climbs the right side.
September 27, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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Aberdeen, Washington 📚
121 E. Market Street, Aberdeen, WA. 98520-5292

$15,000 from Andrew Carnegie, January 18, 1907 (about $518,000 today)

📷 Publichall · Public domain

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A.I.-written description: A brick building with a rounded corner bay of tall windows above a lighter stone-faced ground floor, a row of round columns supporting a pediment reading “public library” above the entrance, and stone steps leading to two doorways. Wood-frame houses stand nearby on bare, unpaved ground.
September 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Waterloo West Side, Iowa 📚
528 W. 4th St.
📍 Map

$21,000 from Andrew Carnegie, April 11, 1902 (about $781,000 today)

📷 Jonathunder · GFDL 1.2

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A.I.-written description: A brick building with light stone trim sits on a raised lawn, its pedimented entrance framed by tall columns and reading “PUBLIC LIBRARY” above. A flagpole and lampposts flank the steps, with a low sign for law offices nearby and bare trees around the grounds.
September 26, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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Eatonton, Georgia 📚
309 N. Madison Ave.

$6,000 from Andrew Carnegie, June 11, 1914 (about $193,000 today)

📷 Perry Jennings · CC BY-SA 4.0

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A.I.-written description: A red brick building with a pale stone entrance framed by columns and a rounded arch over the double doors, topped by a triangular pediment. Tall arched windows flank the entrance, a low brick wall and iron fence line the front yard, with steps leading up under shading trees.
September 25, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Chapman Branch, Utah 📚
577 S. 900 West
📍 Map

$25,000 from Andrew Carnegie, March 31, 1916 (about $740,000 today)

📷 Tricia Simpson · CC BY-SA 3.0

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A.I.-written description: Red brick building with four white columns framing an orange-painted central entrance up stone steps. Arched decorated windows on either side, mature trees surrounding.
September 25, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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Cincinnati North Cincinnati, Ohio 📚
2802 Vine St.

Granted April 9, 1902

📷 The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, OH · CC BY-SA 4.0

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A.I.-written description: Brick building with a tiled hipped roof and small dormers, a stone entrance porch with columns on one corner, a row of windows along the side wall, chimneys rising from the roofline, and a low hedge and lawn in front, in black and white.
September 24, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Los Angeles Cahuenga Branch, California 📚
4591 W Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90029
📍 Map

Granted January 31, 1911

📷 Mfield, Matthew Field, http://www.photography.mattfield.com · CC BY-SA 3.0

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A.I.-written description: A brick building with diamond-patterned brickwork and a red tiled roof, with tall arched windows flanking a central entrance reached by twin staircases. Stone lettering above the doorway reads “Public Library,” with trees on either side and a street and utility pole in front.
September 24, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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Ludington, Michigan 📚
217 E. Ludington Ave.

$15,000 from Andrew Carnegie, June 5, 1903 (about $538,000 today)

📷 Doug Coldwell · CC BY-SA 3.0

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A.I.-written description: A pale stone building with a wide overhanging cornice and small dormer windows along the roofline. Tall arched windows and an arched entrance sit above a flight of steps, with a red-lettered banner reading “just imagine” hung between two upper windows, and trimmed hedges line the front.
September 23, 2026 at 2:00 PM