Ballard Carnegie Library, Carnegie library in Ballard, Seattle, United States

The Ballard Carnegie Library is a 1904 Carnegie library building in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. It was built on a 100-foot square lot purchased for $2,100, with construction funded by local businesses and citizens plus a $15,000 Carnegie grant. The building originally included a 500-seat auditorium and a men's smoking room, later converted into a reading room. Since 2012 it has housed the Kangaroo and Kiwi Pub.

A freeholders' library existed in Ballard in the late 1860s; in 1901 the Women's Christian Temperance Union opened a reading room on Ballard Avenue. The city's library board applied to Andrew Carnegie, whose $15,000 grant joined local subscriptions and a $2,100 lot purchase. The library opened on June 24, 1904, and became Seattle's first major branch after the 1907 annexation.

Early users were largely Scandinavian immigrants from the Ballard area. After World War I began, the library distributed war information and hosted Red Cross and English language classes. In 1942 Lucille Smith, one of Seattle's first African American librarians, was assigned here.

The building is a registered landmark located at an easily accessible spot in the Ballard neighborhood with good street visibility. Visitors can view the exterior anytime, but should note it now operates as a commercial space rather than a public library.

A turnstile at the entrance to the book stacks counted borrowers in the library's early years. The building also hosted Red Cross and English-language classes during World War I, and in 1942 Lucille Smith, one of Seattle's first African American librarians, was assigned here.