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[[Image:Gardendale_Library.jpg|right|thumb|600px|Gardendale-Martha Moore Public Library]] | [[Image:Gardendale_Library.jpg|right|thumb|600px|Gardendale-Martha Moore Public Library]] | ||
The Gardendale-Martha Moore Library is a 12,642 square-foot building that offers meeting rooms, a reading porch, and computers for public use. The library provides programs for all ages as well as | The Gardendale-Martha Moore Public Library is a 12,642 square-foot building that offers meeting rooms, a reading porch, and computers for public use. The library provides programs for all ages as well as DVDs, audiobooks, books and downloadable material for check out. | ||
Gardendale's first public library was a set of shelves in the office of the Chief of Police, approved in [[1959]] by Mayor [[J. I. Pesnell]] at the suggestion of [[Martha C. Moore]], who became the city's first librarian. Over the next 45 years the library moved four times. Its current building, at 995 [[Mt Olive Road]], opened in [[1990]] and was fully renovated and expanded from 7,730 square feet to 12,642 square feet in [[2012]]. | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http:// | * [http://www.gardendalelibrary.org/ Gardendale Public Library] website | ||
* [http://www.facebook.com/GardendalePublicLibrary/ Gardendale Public Library] Facebook page | |||
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Revision as of 14:29, 1 May 2016
The Gardendale-Martha Moore Public Library is a 12,642 square-foot building that offers meeting rooms, a reading porch, and computers for public use. The library provides programs for all ages as well as DVDs, audiobooks, books and downloadable material for check out.
Gardendale's first public library was a set of shelves in the office of the Chief of Police, approved in 1959 by Mayor J. I. Pesnell at the suggestion of Martha C. Moore, who became the city's first librarian. Over the next 45 years the library moved four times. Its current building, at 995 Mt Olive Road, opened in 1990 and was fully renovated and expanded from 7,730 square feet to 12,642 square feet in 2012.
External links
- Gardendale Public Library website
- Gardendale Public Library Facebook page