The White Sulphur Springs Library Board of Trustees will be meeting at the library on Thursday, July 31 at 6: p.m.

 Anyone who wishes to address the board concerning library business is welcome to attend.

 

 

 

Strum Sum Band Returns

Friday, July 25

6:00 p.m.

The Library in White Sulphur Springs presents local musical group  Strum Sum.  They will be joined by string instrumental duo Fred Bolt & Thomas Taylor

The show feels like playing, singing and having fun on your own back porch or in your living room.   You’ll see and hear some guitar, banjo, mandolin, bass, spoons, piano, ukulele, train whistle and more!  Come listen along. The entire show is free of charge, and open to all those who enjoy home-grown, local entertainment. 

 

 

 

The first library in White Sulphur Springs was established in the summer of 1914 with the help of a gift from Olive P. Stokes. Miss Stokes, a frequent visitor to the Old White Hotel, donated $100 to be used to purchase furniture and pay rent for two upstairs rooms in a building on Main Street. In 1915, the White Sulphur Springs Company donated the present site to be used for a library.

The first library building was erected in 1921.  Seven years later a community house was added to the facility. During World War II, the U.S.O added a back room to the building. In 1976, the local organization became a state-affiliated library under the auspices of the West Virginia Library Commission and adopted its new name -- White Sulphur Springs Public Library.

As the years went by and the library continued to grow, the original building became inadequate. In 1987, a new building was built on the same site.  This 5,000 square foot facility is still in use today.