Celebrate the Burnet County Library System’s 75th anniversary!

September 17, 2024
10:00 AM

Join us in celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Burnet County Library System, which has grown from a single room on the third floor of the old county jailhouse to a five-branch system. The event will kick off at the Burnet County Historic Jail, the library's original location, and continue next door at the Burnet Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, the site of the first purpose-built library. Guests will have the chance to explore a brief history of the library system, connect with former staff, tour the library's first two locations, and enjoy light refreshments.

  • 10:00 AM Opening Ceremony

  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Tour of Old Jail and Bulldog Homeschoolers Living History Presentation

  • 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM BCLS History Exhibits and Light Refreshments at Church Fellowship Hall

    For more information, contact the Herman Brown Free Library

    hbfl@burnetcountylibrary.org

    512-715-5228

Mrs. W.P. Norvell, Rosemary Farquhar, Helen Frances Norvell and Miss Edwin Sue Goree in the first library located in the old jury room on the third floor of the county jail. January 1949.

Mrs. W.P. Norvell, Rosemary Farquhar, Helen Frances Norvell and Miss Edwin Sue Goree in the first library located in the old jury room on the third floor of the county jail. January 1949.

Burnet County Free Library Advisory Board. January 1949. Left to right: Mrs. Covington of Burnet, Mrs. Hal Anderson of Marble Falls, Judge James A. Steele of Burnet, Mrs. Waddell Northington of Burnet, Mrs. G.L. Jones of Marble Falls, Mrs. Granville

Burnet County Free Library Advisory Board. January 1949. Left to right: Mrs. Covington of Burnet, Mrs. Hal Anderson of Marble Falls, Judge James A. Steele of Burnet, Mrs. Waddell Northington of Burnet, Mrs. G.L. Jones of Marble Falls, Mrs. Granville Knox of Bertram, and Mrs. M.H. Huckabee of Spicewood.

May 7, 1950 ground breaking for the new library building with Mayor Joe Shepperd.

May 7, 1950 ground breaking for the new library building with Mayor Joe Shepperd.

Army Surplus Building as the Burnet County Library. Photo taken in 1952 after white cut stone veneer work was completed. Ten years prior to the addition of the Goree Memorial Wing.

Army Surplus Building as the Burnet County Library. Photo taken in 1952 after white cut stone veneer work was completed. Ten years prior to the addition of the Goree Memorial Wing.

January 1958 Bookmobile Demonstration. The first multi-county book mobile in the state—included Burnet, Blanco and Llano Counties. The demonstration only continued for one year due to lack of funding. Pictured left to right: Charlie Ross, Commissione

January 1958 Bookmobile Demonstration. The first multi-county book mobile in the state—included Burnet, Blanco and Llano Counties. The demonstration only continued for one year due to lack of funding. Pictured left to right: Charlie Ross, Commissioner, Precinct 1; Miss Edwin Sue Goree, former head librarian; Judge Joe D. Evans; Lynn Barber, Bookmobile Librarian; Calvin Simmons, Bookmobile Driver-Clerk.

Groundbreaking ceremony for the Goree Memorial Wing. May 7, 1962. Back row (l to r)—Vernon Harris, Ethel Dycus, Irene Allbritton, Mrs. Wallace Riddell, Mrs. Vernon Harris, Mrs. Clyde Lacy, Mr. Chester O. (Beck) Hibler, Mayor Robert P. Miller and Jack

Groundbreaking ceremony for the Goree Memorial Wing. May 7, 1962. Back row (l to r)—Vernon Harris, Ethel Dycus, Irene Allbritton, Mrs. Wallace Riddell, Mrs. Vernon Harris, Mrs. Clyde Lacy, Mr. Chester O. (Beck) Hibler, Mayor Robert P. Miller and Jack Slaughter. Front row (l to r)—Dewey Mitchell, Mrs. Dewey Mitchell, Mrs. Robert P. Miller, Lorena Brown, Mrs. Edward White, Mrs. C.C. Hill, Mrs. Tom O'Donnell, and Judge Joe D Evans.