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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