In 1905, the Monday Club, a civic organization of Prescott women, secured funding from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation to build this library. At a time when the West was still defining itself, a group of women organized to bring a permanent institution of learning to their community.
The Carnegie Library stands as a reminder that the American West was not built solely by miners and cowboys. It was built by people who believed their frontier town deserved the same cultural institutions as any Eastern city.
A group of Prescott women organized and secured Carnegie Foundation funding. They built an institution that outlasted the mines.
A Carnegie library on the frontier. Proof that Prescott always saw itself as more than a mining town.
Carnegie Library is located at 100 S. Marina St, Prescott, AZ 86301, in downtown Prescott, Arizona. It is one of 10 stops on the Prescott History Tour, a 2-hour guided walk through Yavapai County's territorial-era landmarks.
Carnegie Library is part of downtown Prescott's public streetscape and can be viewed any time. The Prescott History Tour walks past it every morning at 10AM with full historical context, sourced stories, and the people behind the place.
Walking. Carnegie Library sits inside the Prescott History Tour route, a 1.5-mile loop from Courthouse Plaza through Whiskey Row and on to Nob Hill. Daily at 10AM. $35.
This stop is part of the Prescott History Tour. Daily at 10AM.
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