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Library |
City or town |
Image |
Date granted[1] |
Grant amount[1] |
Location |
Notes[2] |
1 |
Auburn |
Auburn |
 |
Jan 13, 1903 |
$25,000 |
49 Spring St. 44°5′52.59″N 70°13′44.66″W |
Opening on August 1, 1904, this William R. Miller of Portland design has been renovated and expanded in 1956, 1978, and 2005.[3] |
2 |
Caribou |
Caribou |
|
Mar 21, 1910 |
$10,000 |
30 High St. 46°51′39.06″N 68°0′39.69″W |
Designed by local architect Schuyler C. Page in the Romanesque Revival style, this library was renovated in the 1960s. |
3 |
Fort Fairfield |
Fort Fairfield |
 |
Feb 20, 1911 |
$10,000 |
339 Main St. 46°46′2.97″N 67°48′0.62″W |
Built in 1913, this library added a wing in 1993. |
4 |
Freeport |
Freeport |
 |
Mar 14, 1905 |
$6,500 |
55 Main St. 43°51′19.51″N 70°6′23.15″W |
Designed by George Burnham, this library was closed in 1997 when a new library was built. It is now a private business. |
5 |
Gardiner |
Gardiner |
 |
December 22, 1897 |
$2,500 |
152 Water St. 44°13′43.44″N 69°46′15.48″W |
Gardiner's grant was to complete an unfinished library.[4][5] It was designed and begun in 1881 by local architect Henry Richards. |
6 |
Guilford |
Guilford |
 |
Mar 21, 1908 |
$5,750 |
4 Library St. 45°10′14.63″N 69°22′59.89″W |
Designed by Bangor architect Frederick A. Patterson, this building was renovated in 1977 and 2002. |
7 |
Houlton |
Houlton |
 |
Jan 13, 1903 |
$10,000 |
107 Main St. 46°7′32.6″N 67°50′9.39″W |
This library was designed by architect John Calvin Stevens of Portland in the Colonial Revival style, and it was renovated in 1968 and 1991. |
8 |
Lewiston |
Lewiston |
 |
Jan 15, 1901 |
$60,000 |
200 Lisbon St. 44°5′44.46″N 70°12′57.33″W |
A Coombs and Gibbs design, this building was significantly renovated in 1996, including moving the main entrance one block to the west. |
9 |
Madison |
Madison |
 |
Jun 2, 1904 |
$8,000 |
12 Old Point Ave. 44°47′48.09″N 69°52′47.03″W |
This building was designed by the Madison architectural firm of Snow & Humphreys. |
10 |
Milo |
Milo |
 |
Sep 30, 1908 |
$8,500 |
4 Pleasant St. 45°15′12.88″N 68°59′10.02″W |
Construction for this Frederick A. Patterson of Bangor design (based largely on Plan F from the leaflet distributed by James Bertram, Carnegie's secretary) did not begin until May 1922.[6] |
11 |
Oakland |
Oakland |
 |
Feb 15, 1912 |
$10,000 |
18 Church St. 44°32′46.56″N 69°43′10.34″W |
Designed by Harry S. Coombs, this building was expanded in 2002. |
12 |
Old Town |
Old Town |
 |
Feb 12, 1903 |
$10,000 |
46 Middle St. 44°56′7.45″N 68°38′53.25″W |
A neoclassical work by New York architect Albert Randolph Ross, this library was expanded in 1991. |
13 |
Pittsfield |
Pittsfield |
 |
Mar 20, 1903 |
$10,000 |
89 S. Main St. 44°46′55.18″N 69°22′59.75″W |
Architect Albert Randolph Ross would later use this Beaux-Arts design for the Warsaw, New York library. A Civil War monument was built to coincide with the building's dedication in 1904. |
14 |
Presque Isle |
Presque Isle |
 |
May 15, 1906 |
$10,000 |
39 2nd St. 46°41′0.13″N 68°0′49.85″W |
An addition to this Astle and Page of Houlton work in 1967 significantly changed the look of this library. |
15 |
Rockland |
Rockland |
 |
Apr 11, 1902 |
$20,000 |
80 Union St. 44°6′19.05″N 69°6′43.67″W |
Opening April 26, 1904, this Clough and Wardner of Boston-designed library was notably visited by President Taft in 1910.[7] |
16 |
Rumford |
Rumford |
 |
Jan 22, 1903 |
$10,000 |
58 Rumford Ave. 44°32′49.57″N 70°32′56.93″W |
Designed by John Calvin Stevens of Portland, this Romanesque Revival building had a large addition completed in 1969. |
17 |
Vinalhaven |
Vinalhaven |
|
Apr 22, 1906 |
$5,200 |
1 Carver St. 44°2′58.95″N 68°49′52.37″W |
This building was dedicated August 15, 1907. Designed by Clough and Wardner of Boston, it is in the Prairie School style.[8] |
18 |
Waterville |
Waterville |
 |
Apr 28, 1902 |
$20,000 |
73 Elm St. 44°33′4.59″N 69°37′55.05″W |
The work of Lewiston architect William R. Miller, this building has been renovated twice. |