Garland Carnegie Library ~ Garland, Utah - Carnegie Library Buildings on Waymarking.com

The Utah Historical Marker mounted on the front of the library states:

Garland Carnegie Library

Built in 1914, the Garland Carnegie Library is one of 23 Carnegie libraries in Utah and one of over 1,650 library buildings in the United States that were built by millionaire/philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie donated the entire cost of the building on the condition that the town provide the land, books, librarian, and an annual maintenance budget. Although many small towns found it financially difficult to maintain their new libraries, much less improve their library services, Carnegie libraries were generally beneficial in the communities in which they were built. In addition to providing improved and expanded library services, Carnegie libraries established standards of library operation operation and building design which were used for many years in the construction of non-carnegie libraries in other communities. The general contract for the building was awarded to the Newton Company of Ogden, Utah. Architects may have been Watkins and Birch, who designed the similarly-styled Carnegie library in Richmond. Watkins and Birch actively pursued Carnegie library design contracts throughout Utah and designed at least five that were built in Utah.

Division of State History N-767

Address of Library Building: 86 W Factory Street Garland, Utah 84312 Current Use of Building: Public Library Year Built (optional): 1914 Website about building: [Web Link]

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