Draft:Carnegie Building (Syracuse, New York)

The Carnegie Building in Syracuse, New York, previously known as the Syracuse Public Library, is a historic Carnegie library on Montgomery Street at Jefferson Circle downtown. It was built by the City of Syracuse in 1905-06, and came into County of Onondaga ownership in 1976.

It was the main library of the Syracuse Public Library system, which merged with Onondaga County's library system in 1976 to become the Onondaga County Public Library (system).

As ""Carnegie Library", it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing building in the Montgomery Street–Columbus Circle Historic District in 1980.

Previously known as the Syracuse Public Library; built of limestone and granite. It was the main library of the Onondaga County Public Library.

The building was leased by the Syracuse city school district for 15 years, ending in 2012 when the school district chose not to renew its lease option.

"In 1996, the Carnegie Redevelopment Corp., a local development corporation, acquired the building and performed a $3.6 million renovation for the city school district. / The school district leased the building, initially for a business education program for high school students. More recently, it housed a program for students with behavioral problems."

In 2019, after it had sat vacant for eight years, a proposal was floated to renovate it for $4.1 million to hold city and county planning and economic development offices.