| Summary: | This image is a photograph used in the book Auburn, a Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village by Mickey Logue and Jack Simms, 3rd edition, 2013, depicting the history of the city and the university. From page 224: Mrs. Mollie Hollifield Jones, a local historian, is shown breaking ground in September 1959 for construction of the city's first library building. Mrs. A. L. Thomas and Mrs. Benjamin F. Showalter spearheaded a drive to establish a city library, and it was first located in a room on Magnolia Avenue across from Toomer Drugstore. For the first building, Miss Mollie donated to the city a lot next to her home on Gay Street, just north of Auburn National Bank. With 1,500 square feed of usable space, the structure served as the library for more than twenty-seven years ... Pictured with Miss Mollie in 1959 were, left to right, Billy Joe Kirkley, contractor; E. B. Lancaster, architect; Mayor G. H. "Monk" Wright; and Francis J. Marshall, Library Board chairman. The librarian at that time was Mrs. Frances Woodall. Four others served as librarian at the Gay Street building: Mrs. Carol Blanton, Mrs. Carol Anthony, Miss Janell Baker, and Mrs. Huffman. Photo source: Auburn University Archives.
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