Evangelical Community Hospital

The oldest portion of the Herr Memorial Library, a neo-Georgian building constructed in 1925 as a private residence, was willed to the community by Miss Jane I. Herr in early 1944. The first floor of the home was opened as a public library on Oct. 18, 1944. In 1998 the library joined the West End Library and The Public Library for Union County as an independent member of the federated Union County Library System. Paid for in part by a generous bequest from Joseph Gutelius Foster, renovations and additions to the first floor of the Herr Memorial Library in 1999 included a multipurpose room, a room for the children’s materials collection, a new circulation desk, a public computer room, and a public restroom. The second floor of the original building was renovated and opened to the public in 2001, adding offices and staff work areas as well as the Robert K. Strunk Room, which houses the library’s “Pennsylvania Collection.” The mission of the Herr Memorial Library is to be the community’s destination for information, literacy, and life-long learning. The library's materials collection of around 28,000 items includes books, books on CD, movies on DVD, and local historical records. EBooks and audiobooks are available to borrow from the library's website.