National Register #81000152
Hanford Carnegie Library
109 East 8th Street
Hanford
Built: 1906

This Richardson Romanesque Carnegie Library was designed by the McDougall Brothers, Benjamin and George. It opened in 1906 and operated as a library until it was closed in 1971. It reopened in 1974 as the Hanford Carnegie Museum.

Some Carnegie Free Libraries in California:

• Alameda
• Colusa
• Eureka
• Ferndale
• Gilroy
• Grass Valley
• Hanford
• Healdsburg
• Hollister
• Lincoln
• Nevada City
• Oakland - 23rd Avenue Branch
• Oakland - Alden Branch
• Oakland - Golden Gate Branch
• Oakland - Melrose Branch
• Oroville
• Patterson
• Petaluma
• Riverbank
• Sacramento
• San Francisco Chinatown Branch
• San Francisco Golden Gate Valley Branch
• San Francisco Mission Branch
• San Francisco Noe Valley Branch
• San Francisco Presidio Branch
• San Francisco Richmond Branch
• San Francisco Sunset Branch
• Santa Cruz (Garfield Park Branch)
• South San Francisco
• St. Helena
• Sonoma
• Turlock
• Willits
• Willows
• Woodland
• Yolo
• Yreka

Some other Carnegie Free Libraries in the West:

• Beaver, Utah
• Medford, Oregon

The website Carnegie Libraries of California contains much information about these libraries.