Harmon Library In Phoenix Is Celebrating 70 Years Of Public Service

Press release from the City of Phoenix:

September 24, 2020

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Built in 1950, the original Harmon Library (located at 411 W. Yavapai) was Phoenix Public Library's first branch facility. Built on land donated to the city of Phoenix by the Harmon Foundation, Harmon Library has been a center of learning and community for 70 years. The library, with 10,000 books, a 75-seat auditorium and two sound-proof rooms for listening to records cost the city $100,000 to build in a neighborhood where most residents were poor. In 2009, a new library was built next to the building.

The old one was demolished. Among the city’s 17 public libraries, Harmon is one of the most popular. Even now, the library offers curbside pick-up of books and free seed packets for gardening. Children get free meals to go from the Kids’ Café, in partnership with St. Mary’s Food Bank.

For more information: http://phoenixpubliclibrary.or...

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