Construction Funding History

Note: Year indicates the year in which reimbursement started. Amounts indicate the capital portion of the state share, not including the cost of borrowing the state share, which is also reimbursed.
Year Library Municipality Total Cost State Federal Total
1965
East Greenwich Free Library
East Greenwich
$82,056
$17,800
$21,226
$39,026
1965
Greenville Public Library
Smithfield
$88,725
$44,300
$44,300
1965
Hope Library
Scituate
$42,138
$20,000
$20,000
1965
Oak Lawn Branch
Cranston
$29,000
$14,000
$14,000
1965
Portsmouth Free Library
Portsmouth
$29,300
$14,300
$14,300
1965
Rogers Free Library
Bristol
$9,354
$3,900
$3,900
1965
Westerly Public Library
Westerly
$386,821
$135,000
$135,000
1965
Winn Hall DSLS
Providence
$143,785
$75,600
$68,185
$143,785
1966
Greenville Public Library
Smithfield
$10,000
$5,000
$5,000
1966
Hope Library Association
Scituate
$5,619
$2,000
$2,000
1966
Middletown Free Library
Middletown
$20,000
$10,000
$10,000
1966
Oak Lawn Branch
Cranston
$9,000
$4,500
$4,500
1966
Pawtucket Public Library
Pawtucket
$150,000
$75,000
$75,000
1966
Robert H. Champlin Memorial
West Warwick
$305,805
$6,760
$143,640
$150,400
1966
Tyler Free Library
Foster
$11,158
$3,300
$3,300
1966
Westerly Public Library
Westerly
$73,439
$15,000
$15,000
1967
Mount Pleasant Branch
Providence
$135,843
$20,000
$47,575
$67,575
1967
Newport Public Library
Newport
$923,552
$347,229
$102,771
$450,000
1967
Providence Public Library
Providence
$207,623
$5,507
$95,657
$101,164
1967
South Providence Branch
Providence
$66,556
$33,278
$33,278
1968
Cross Mills Public Library
Charlestown
$32,129
$15,240
$15,240
1969
Anne Ida Fuller Branch
East Providence
$108,699
$2,000
$48,000
$50,000
1969
George Hail Free Library
Warren
$4,000
$2,000
$2,000
1969
Rumford Branch
East Providence
$67,831
$1,000
$29,000
$30,000
1970
DSLS
Providence
$42,950
$22,248
$20,702
$42,950