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The following list of Carnegie libraries in Nebraska provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Nebraska, where 69 libraries were built from 68 grants (totaling $707,488) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1899 to 1917.

Key

  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

Carnegie libraries

	Library	City or town	Date granted^[1]	Grant amount^[1]^[2]	Location	Notes
1	Albion	Albion	Apr 8, 1907	$6,000	437 S 3rd St
2	Alliance	Alliance	Dec 2, 1909	$10,000	204 W 4th St	The building is now the Carnegie Arts Center.
3	Alma	Alma	Dec 13, 1907	$10,000	111 S John St
4	Arcadia	Arcadia	Mar 31, 1916	$7,000	100 S. Reynolds St.
5	Ashland	Ashland	Mar 18, 1911	$5,500	207 N. 15th St.	The library moved to a new building in January 2015. The Carnegie library now houses the Ashland History Museum.
6	Aurora	Aurora	Dec 2, 1909	$10,000	812 12th St
7	Beatrice	Beatrice	Mar 14, 1902	$23,000	220 N. 5th St.	Now the Chamber of Commerce and Tourist Center
8	Blair	Blair	Mar 31, 1916	$10,000	Built at corner of 5th and Lincoln St. In 1958 5th St was renamed 17th St.	1973 – Destroyed after a fire ^[3]
9	Bloomfield	Bloomfield	Jan 2, 1913	$5,000
10	Broken Bow	Broken Bow	Jul 23, 1914	$10,000	255 S. 10th St.
11	Burwell	Burwell	May 21, 1913	$5,000	110 S. 7th Ave.
12	Chadron	Chadron	Apr 16, 1910	$5,788	507 Bordeaux St.
13	Clarks	Clarks	May 3, 1917	$7,500	101 W Amity St
14	Clay Center	Clay Center	Jan 6, 1915	$7,000	117 W Edgar St
15	College View	College View	Sep 25, 1914	$7,500	3800 S. 48th St.
16	Columbus	Columbus	Aug 11, 1913	$13,000	1470 25th Ave	Designed by local architect Charles Wurdeman^[4]
17	Cozad	Cozad	Sep 14, 1917	$6,000
18	Crete ^[5]	Crete	Aug 11, 1913	$10,000	305 East 13th Street, Crete, Nebraska 68333	Expanded and remodeled in the 1990s. The library moved into a new building on January 30, 2020.
19	David City	David City	Nov 9, 1916	$10,000	360 E St
20	Dewitt	De Witt	Nov 14, 1906	$3,000
21	Fairbury	Fairbury	Dec 24, 1907	$12,500	601 7th St.
22	Fairfield	Fairfield	Jan 9, 1913	$6,000	412 N. D St.
23	Franklin	Franklin	Sep 29, 1915	$5,000	1401 L St
24	Fremont	Fremont	Dec 30, 1901	15000	Southeast corner of Military and Park
25	Fullerton	Fullerton	Jul 13, 1912	$6,000	402 Fuller St
26	Geneva	Geneva	Jan 31, 1911	$8,000	1043 G St
27	Gibbon	Gibbon	May 17, 1912	$6,000
28	Gothenburg	Gothenburg	Jan 14, 1914	$8,000	1104 Lake Av
29	Grand Island	Grand Island	Apr 26, 1902	$20,000	321 W. 2nd St.
30	Hartington	Hartington	Mar 11, 1914	$8,000	106 S Broadway
31	Harvard	Harvard	Jun 11, 1914	$6,000	309 N Clay Ave
32	Hastings	Hastings	Dec 27, 1902	$15,000	Southeast corner of Denver Ave and 4th street
33	Havelock	Havelock	Mar 24, 1906	$7,000	4308 N 63rd
34	Holdrege	Holdrege	Nov 16, 1904	$8,500	604 East Av
35	Kearney	Kearney	Jan 13, 1903	$12,000	Southwest corner of 21st St and 1st Ave
36	Lexington	Lexington	Nov 9, 1916	$10,000	705 N Washington St
37	Lincoln Main	Lincoln	Dec 20, 1899	$87,000	136 South 14th Street
38	Lincoln Branch	Lincoln	Dec 20, 1899	$10,000^[6]	2121 N 27th St	The library was built at the SW corner of 27th & Orchard Street. In 1992 it was moved to the current location.^[6]
39	Loup City	Loup City	Mar 31, 1916	$8,000	652 N St.
40	Madison	Madison	Jan 31, 1911	$6,000	W 3rd and Kent
41	McCook	McCook	Dec 8, 1905	$11,000	423 Norris Ave.
42	Neligh	Neligh	Dec 14, 1908	$5,000	510 Main Street
43	Norfolk	Norfolk	Dec 13, 1907	$10,000	803 W. Norfolk Ave.
44	North Bend	North Bend	Dec 7, 1911	$7,500	140 E. 8th St.
45	North Platte	North Platte	Apr 8, 1910	$12,000	314 N Jeffers St
46	O'Neill	O'Neill	May 17, 1912	$10,000	601 E Douglas
47	Pawnee City	Pawnee City	Dec 30, 1904	$7,000	730 G St.	The library moved to a new building in 2011.
48	Pierce	Pierce	Mar 29, 1911	$4,000	200 E Willow St
49	Plainview	Plainview	Dec 3, 1915	$6,000	102 S. Main St.	The library moved to a new building in June 2016.
50	Plattsmouth	Plattsmouth	Jun 1, 1915	$12,500	401 Avenue A
51	Ponca	Ponca	Apr 25, 1911	$4,500	203 2nd St
52	Randolph	Randolph	Nov 9, 1916	$6,000		The library was razed in 2007 and a new library built at the same location
53	Ravenna	Ravenna	Nov 9, 1916	$7,500	121 W Seneca St	The library moved to a new building in July 2018.
54	Schuyler	Schuyler	Mar 29, 1911	$9,000	1003 B St.
55	Scottsbluff	Scottsbluff	Jun 6, 1917	$15,000	106 E. 18th St.
56	Seward	Seward	Apr 3, 1912	$8,000	204 S 5th St
57	Shelton	Shelton	Apr 2, 1913	$9,000	313 C St
58	Sidney	Sidney	Jul 9, 1913	$6,500	740 Illinois St.
59	South Omaha	Omaha	Jun 21, 1901	$50,000	2302 M Street	Located in the former city of South Omaha. The Carnegie building was razed in 1954 and a new building was built in its place. Today's location is a partnership with Metropolitan Community College.
60	Spencer	Spencer	Dec 3, 1915	$8,000	110 W Main
61	Stanton	Stanton	Apr 13, 1914	$8,000	1009 Jackpine St.
62	Stromsburg	Stromsburg	Mar 16, 1915	$7,500	5th and Commercial
63	Superior	Superior	Dec 24, 1907	$7,000	354 N Commercial Ave
64	Sutton	Sutton	Feb 1, 1909	$5,700
65	Tecumseh	Tecumseh	Nov 14, 1906	$6,000	136 N 5th St
66	Tekamah	Tekamah	Nov 17, 1914	$8,000	204 S. 13th St.
67	University Place	University Place	Mar 16, 1915	$12,500	2820 N 48th St
68	Wayne	Wayne	Jan 6, 1911	$9,000	410 Main St
69	Wymore	Wymore	Sep 25, 1914	$10,000	116 W F St

Notes

^ ^a ^b At various times, Bobinski and Jones disagree on these numbers. In these cases, Jones' numbers have been used due to both a more recent publication date and a more detailed gazetteer of branch libraries, which are often where the discrepancies occur.
^ Grants for multiple libraries (Lincoln) are listed only by their total amount, not broken down for each branch.
^ "Blair Historic Preservation Alliance". Blair Historic Preservation Alliance.
^ "Charles Wurdeman (1871-1961), Architect". Nebraska State Historical Society. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
^ "Crete Public Library web page". Retrieved 9 August 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Lincoln Historic Preservation Commission agenda" (PDF). January 19, 2017.

References

Anderson, Florence (1963). Carnegie Corporation Library Program 1911–1961. New York: Carnegie Corporation. OCLC 1282382.
Bobinski, George S. (1969). Carnegie Libraries: Their History and Impact on American Public Library Development. Chicago: American Library Association. ISBN 0-8389-0022-4.
Jones, Theodore (1997). Carnegie Libraries Across America. New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-14422-3.
Miller, Durand R. (1943). Carnegie Grants for Library Buildings, 1890-1917. New York: Carnegie Corporation of New York. OCLC 2603611.

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 without support from the others. Reader discretion is advised.