List of Carnegie libraries in Puerto Rico
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The following list of Carnegie libraries in Puerto Rico provides detailed information on the United States Carnegie library in Puerto Rico, where one library was built from one grant (totaling $100,000) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York in 1916.
| Library | City or town |
Image | Date granted[1] |
Grant amount[1] |
Location | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Juan | San Juan | Oct 4, 1901 | $100,000 | 7 Ave Juan Ponce De León 18°24′3.154″N 66°5′23.985″W / 18.40087611°N 66.08999583°W |
Opened July 27, 1915, this library in the Puerto Rico was the first building to be built there for the specific purpose of a public library. In 1965, it was closed due to disrepair. It reopened in 1969. September 18, 1989, Hurricane Hugo severely damaged the library, resulting in the loss of $975,000 worth of books. It did not reopen again until 1995.[2] The library has reportedly closed again, as of October 2018. [citation needed] |
