Library

Beavercreek saw its share of bookmobile stops and book stations in the early 1950s. A newly formed Beavercreek Friends of the Library, together with a Beavercreek Library Committee worked with the Greene County District Library, and on July 1, 1959 the Beavercreek Library opened in rented quarters at 7109 Dayton Xenia Rd., with approximately 5,000 volumes. Gifts in memory of eight Girl Scouts and their two leaders were used to buy one section of a new charge desk and a new card catalog. The first librarian was Mrs. Beatrice Gordon, assisted by Mrs. Mary Nussbaum, Mrs. Bertha Lacers and Mrs. Barbara Whiter.
In 1974, the Beavercreek Library was offered land by Mrs. Fay M. Bartley. In 1977, plans for a completely new structure on Mrs. Bartley’s donated land were approved, and the dedication of the new building was held Oct. 28, 1979. The library has continued to receive support from civic organizations, including the Beavercreek Women's League and the Friends of the Beavercreek Library.

