Woodlawn Library

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Woodlawn Library in 2002

The Woodlawn Branch Library or (or Birmingham Public Library Woodlawn Branch) is a branch of the Birmingham Public Library located at 5709 1st Avenue North in Woodlawn.

The first Woodlawn Library was created in 1904 by the efforts of the Women's Club of Woodlawn. It occupied space in the Woodlawn City Hall and received an annual contribution from the Woodlawn Board of Aldermen of $25 per year for the purchase of books. When Woodlawn was annexed into Birmingham on January 1, 1911, the Woodlawn Library, with its 890 books, became the first branch of the Birmingham Public Library, then operated by the Birmingham Board of Education.

The current $80,000 building was designed by E. B. Van Keuren and constructed by A. L. Sullivan. It opened on October 29, 1950. The building's dedication featured speeches by Senator Lister Hill, Mayor Cooper Green, Public Safety Commissioner Bull Connor and Birmingham Public Library director Emily Danton. Poplar Camp No. 118 of the Woodmen of the World donated a flagpole and flag to the library. It is a contributing property to the Woodlawn Historic District, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

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