Homewood Public Library (Homewood, Alabama)

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An excellent public library in a large modern facility, part of the Jefferson County Public Library system.

The library complex includes nonfiction, fiction, audiobooks, reference books, DVDs, CDs, video games, and other specialty areas. In addition, the library has several meeting rooms, including a large and a round auditorium, available for public use. It also has an Internet cafe, primarily for teens, and a family computer room for adults with their small children. Free Wi-Fi is also available.

1721 Oxmoor Road
Homewood, AL 35209
205-332-6600
www.homewoodpubliclibrary.org

Homewood utilized a former church as the central core of their new library. Since the 1980s, patrons and staff have reported hearing what sounds like church meetings and Sunday School classes from the lower level, which is where the meeting rooms for the church were. The supposed paranormal activity has been written about and was featured in a local TV report in 2010.

In 2010, the building received energy efficiency upgrades as part of an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program sub-grant from the State of Alabama. The grant installed 15 new energy efficient heat pumps, which is expected to save the library thousands of dollars a year in energy costs.