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Carnegie Libraries
Europe
United Kingdom
England
Bridgwater
Wikipedia calls the style of the 1905 building Edwardian Baroque. It's certainly unlike any of its American counterparts.
Postcard mailed in 1906.

Keighley
The 1904 stone building is extant, with the Library run by the Bradford Metropolitan District Council.
H.D. McNearnie was the publisher of the photo postcard.

Wakefield

Built in 1905. No longer serves as a library, and has been divided into artists' studios.
Bowler & Co. card, mailed in 1906.
Wales
Penarth
Built in 1905.
Valentine's Series Souvenir post card mailed in 1907. This resembles many of the post cards of libraries in the northeastern US.

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