Built in 1911 with $10,000 donated by Andrew Carnegie, the Murray Carnegie Library later became part of the city office building and also Mount Vernon Academy and after that it sat empty for many years.

(update, it was demolished March 11th 2020)

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A plaque on the wall in the current library says:

As early as 1900, a collection of books was made by a women’s club. This club maintained a library reading room in a home until 1912

In 1912, with the donation of the women’s club’s 515 books valued at $1,000.00, and through a petition, one mill was levied for a public library. A room in the original city hall was used for this purpose.

In 1915, the Carnegie Foundation, together with the city furnished $21,129.00 for the building of the original library. The board of education had donated the ground and the building was built in 1915.

In 1970 through action of present and former library board members, city officials and a united community effort, funds were raised for the present addition.