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Town of Thurmont
10 Frederick Road
P. O. Box 17
Thurmont, MD 21788

301-271-7313
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Thurmont Branch Library
11 Water Street
Thurmont, MD 21788

(301)271-7721

Monday-Thursday 10-9
 Friday 1-5
Saturday 10-5

Erin Dingle, Branch Manager
edingle@fredco-md.net

 Call 301-271-7721 or visit www.fcpl.org
for more information.

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The Library staff enjoying the Open House at the future
Library site on Moser Road.

Library History

The Thurmont Branch Library was founded in 1956 when a group of interested citizens worked closely with Thurmont resident and Librarian Edith Hammaker to open a library on West Main Street. The library was only open two days a week and fines were just 2 cents a day. In 1967 the library moved to the present location at 11 Water Street and over the years improvements to the collection, hours, staffing and other services have dramatically increased.

Today

The Thurmont Branch Library is a full service library. We offer a variety of materials for all ages including books, periodicals, reference databases, audio books, DVD’s, CD’s and downloadable books. Library cards are free to anyone who lives or works in Maryland. Unique programs are planned and presented for all ages and weekly storytimes are held for children ages 2-5. Visit
www.fcpl.org for information about our services or stop by the branch at 11 Water St. to pick up
the current issue of Bookends, the library newsletter.

The Future

It has been exactly fifty years since library services came to Thurmont. And now the entire
Northern Frederick county area is preparing for another wonderful change. This summer the groundbreaking for a new Thurmont Regional Library will take place at 76 East Moser Road
in Thurmont. Designed by PSA –Dewberry Inc., the architectural plans for the new building
are on display at the branch.

The 25,000 sq. foot Thurmont Regional Library will feature:

Plenty of free parking.

Convenient hours seven days a week.

Two meeting rooms available for public use.

A lobby area for displays and community information.

A drive through window for easy returns.

A bright, comfortable Children’s Department and Children’s Program Room.

An amazing Teen Zone featuring special lighting.

A comfortable adult department offering a wide variety of reading, viewing and listening materials.

Computers for public use throughout every department.

Two tutoring rooms for quiet study.

A special Collections Room to preserve both Northern Frederick County history as well as the general agricultural history of Frederick County. (The Thurmont Historical Society’s research material will be part of this collection).

Extensive landscaping featuring a variety of native plants, trees and shrubs.

New Library Artist Rendition

Here are two of the artist’s views of the new Thurmont Regional Library.

Original Thurmont Library

The original Thurmont Public Library was located at 16 West Main Street.

Old Public Library Moving Day

Moving Day 1967!

When the library was moved from it’s original location to the larger facility at 11 Water Street it was truly a community effort. Many of us remember carrying boxes of books across the yard behind the old building and taking them into the new location through the back door. Three of us even managed to get our picture taken while removing the old sign above the porch. Does anyone know if the
original signs are still around?

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