The following list of Carnegie libraries in Philadelphia provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Philadelphia, where 25 libraries were built from 1 grant (totaling $1,500,000) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York on January 5, 1903.[1]
Building still operating as a library
Building standing, but now serving another purpose
Building no longer standing
Building contributes to a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places
Library | Image | Location | Notes | |
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1 | Chestnut Hill | 8711 Germantown Avenue (19118) 40°04′38″N 75°12′32″W / 40.077255°N 75.208755°W |
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2 | Cobbs Creek | 5800 Cobbs Creek Parkway, (19143) 39°56′45″N 75°14′29″W / 39.94572°N 75.241500°W |
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3 | Falls of Schuylkill | 3501 Midvale Avenue (19129) |
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4 | Frankford | 4634 Frankford Avenue (19124) | Replaced by modern building[2] | |
5 | Germantown | 5818 Germantown Avenue (19144) 40°02′14″N 75°10′34″W / 40.037324°N 75.176045°W |
Senior citizens center[3] | |
6 | Greenwich | Original razed[3] | ||
7 | Haddington | 446 North 65th Street (19151) 39°58′12″N 75°14′58″W / 39.970048°N 75.249346°W |
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8 | Kingsessing | 1201 South 51st Street (19143) 39°56′33″N 75°13′09″W / 39.942406°N 75.219037°W |
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9 | Lehigh | 601 West Lehigh Avenue (19133) 39°59′32″N 75°08′32″W / 39.992343°N 75.142173°W[4] |
Renamed Lillian Marerro Branch ca. 2005[5] | |
10 | Logan | 1333 Wagner Avenue (19141), 40°01′53″N 75°08′43″W / 40.031457°N 75.145342°W |
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11 | Manayunk | Fleming and Dupont Streets (19128) 40°01′52″N 75°13′20″W / 40.031107°N 75.222124°W |
Now an apartment building[6] | |
12 | McPherson Square | 601 East Indiana Avenue (19134) 39°59′41″N 75°07′08″W / 39.994808°N 75.11878°W |
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13 | Nicetown | 1715 Hunting Park Avenue (19124)[7] | Replaced by modern building in 1961, at 3720 Broad Street 19140[8] | |
14 | Oak Lane | 6614 North 12th Street (19126) 40°03′12″N 75°08′16″W / 40.053362°N 75.137714°W |
Land gift of citizens of Oak Lane and Vicinity[9] | |
15 | Paschalville | 6942 Woodland Avenue (19142) 39°55′13″N 75°14′27″W / 39.920410°N 75.24089°W |
Faces South 70th Street | |
16 | Passyunk | 1935 Shunk Street (19145) 39°55′11″N 75°10′49″W / 39.919622°N 75.1802°W |
Opened 1914, Renamed 2004: Thomas F. Donatucci Sr. Branch[10] | |
17 | Richmond | 2987 Almond Street (19134) 39°58′59″N 75°06′31″W / 39.982963°N 75.108653°W |
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18 | South Philadelphia | 2407 S Broad Street | ||
19 | Southwark | 1108 South 5th Street | Now houses Philadelphia Overseas Chinese Association | |
20 | Spring Garden | 1700 Spring Garden Street | Razed[3] | |
21 | Tacony | 6742 Torresdale Avenue (19135) 40°01′31″N 75°02′43″W / 40.025356°N 75.0452300°W |
Land gift of Jacob S. Disston, Esq. 1906 [11] | |
22 | Thomas Holme | 7810 Frankford Avenue (19136) 40°02′25″N 75°01′52″W / 40.040293°N 75.031184°W |
Holmesburg Library Land gift of Lower Dublin Academy[12] | |
23 | Walnut Street | 140 South 40th Street (19104) 39°57′15″N 75°12′09″W / 39.954112°N 75.202589°W |
West Philadelphia Branch | |
24 | Wissahickon | Manayunk Avenue and Osbourne Street | Razed[3] | |
25 | Wyoming | 231 East Wyoming Avenue (19120) 40°01′16″N 75°07′17″W / 40.021191°N 75.121402°W |
Opened October 30, 1930, it was the last library funded by Carnegie.[13] |