Carnegie Gift To The Humboldt Public Library

Our library has received a special gift! We’re one of about 1,280 Carnegie Libraries across the United States that will receive a $10,000 gift from the Carnegie Corporation of New York in celebration of America’s 250th anniversary.

More than a century after philanthropist Andrew Carnegie helped fund the construction of 1,681 libraries nationwide, we are still serving our community!

Learn more about this initiative and discover the history of our library on the Carnegie Libraries Across America map. The Humboldt Public Library is shown in the year of 1906, which is when the library received the Carnegie grant.  The library then opened to the public in 1908.

Humboldt Public Library Original Blueprints: