Mitchell County Public Library
Mitchell County Public Library18 N Mitchell Avenue HOURSMonday: 9:00am to 5:00pm |
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Free Wifi
Computer Access
Printing and Copying
Research Help
Park or School Nearby
Retail Nearby
Outdoor Seating
Private Study Areas
Voting Registration
Meeting Rooms
Youth Chess Club every Wednesday at our Bakersville location.
For more information, please click here: Chess Club
Located in Bakersville
Storytime With Miss Natasha.
Youth Chess Club every Wednesday at our Bakersville location.
For more information, please click here: Chess Club
Located in Bakersville
Storytime With Miss Natasha.
Youth Chess Club every Wednesday at our Bakersville location.
For more information, please click here: Chess Club
Located in Bakersville
Storytime With Miss Natasha.
Youth Chess Club every Wednesday at our Bakersville location.
For more information, please click here: Chess Club
Located in Bakersville
Storytime With Miss Natasha.
Youth Chess Club every Wednesday at our Bakersville location.
For more information, please click here: Chess Club
Located in Bakersville
Storytime With Miss Natasha.
Youth Chess Club every Wednesday at our Bakersville location.
For more information, please click here: Chess Club
Located in Bakersville
Storytime With Miss Natasha.
Youth Chess Club every Wednesday at our Bakersville location.
For more information, please click here: Chess Club
Located in Bakersville
Storytime With Miss Natasha.
Youth Chess Club every Wednesday at our Bakersville location.
For more information, please click here: Chess Club
Located in Bakersville
Storytime With Miss Natasha.
Youth Chess Club every Wednesday at our Bakersville location.
For more information, please click here: Chess Club
Located in Bakersville
Storytime With Miss Natasha.
Youth Chess Club every Wednesday at our Bakersville location.
For more information, please click here: Chess Club
Located in Bakersville
Storytime With Miss Natasha.
Youth Chess Club every Wednesday at our Bakersville location.
For more information, please click here: Chess Club
Located in Bakersville
Storytime With Miss Natasha.
Youth Chess Club every Wednesday at our Bakersville location.
For more information, please click here: Chess Club
Located in Bakersville
Storytime With Miss Natasha.
Youth Chess Club every Wednesday at our Bakersville location.
For more information, please click here: Chess Club
In the 1920’s Ms. Lydia Holman built a hospital in Altapass known as the House of Health, but she also began lending books that were sent to her from Boston and built a library. Boys from another community burned the first one, but not to be outdone, Ms. Holman built a second using stone which serves as an artist’s studio today. The second library had as many as 6,000 volumes. Like Dr. Wing, Ms. Holman reached beyond the walls of the library and delivered boxes of books to homes but also to schools in the county.
Interested citizens from Bakersville and Spruce Pine worked together and established a library in 1948 housed in the Lawyers’ Chambers of the Mitchell County Courthouse. In keeping with the spirit of outreach, at least six “lending centers” were established throughout the county and within a year expanded to twelve. Later, the Mitchell County Public Library was moved to a one room facility over the coal bin in the Courthouse. In the 1950’s the library was moved again; this time to the new Mitchell County Administrative Annex across the street from the Courthouse. In 1973 the Northwestern Bank building was donated by Deward Hughes to the library and after renovation the library was moved into those facilities in 1976. In the late 1980’s, negotiations began to purchase that space and with the help of Ms. Helen McBee, a dedicated group of citizens and the Regional Library Director, Theresa Coletta, funds were raised to double the size of the facility in 1991.
For more information specific to Mitchell County or Bakersville history, please check out the Mitchell County Historical Society. For information specific to visiting the beautiful town of Bakersville, NC, an arts destination, please visit www.bakersville.com
See the 2017 Mitchell County State of the County’s Health Report
Mitchell County Local Board Members
Steve Rowland**—Chair
Larry Harrell
Neil Prime
Sharon Webb
Keith McKinney
Clayton Roberts (Commissioner Representative)
**signifies a member of the Regional Board
Constitution & By-Laws of the Mitchell County Public Library
Gallery
Watercolor of Mitchell County Public Library by Charles Gillespie