St. Marys Community Public Library

St. Marys Community Public Library Where learning, technology, and creativity meet. Parking: Parking Lot and Street The St. A different member of the Shakespeare Club acted as librarian each day.

Our library provides creative and factual resources to meet the educational, informational, cultural, and recreational needs of the community. Marys Community Public Library (SMCPL) was started in 1921 by members of the Shakespeare Club and dedicated to the children of St. Marys "for the purpose of supplying correct reading matter to our boys and girls." Housed in one room of the Community House i

n Memorial Park, it was opened for business on June 14, 1921. During the summer, the library was open to the public on Tuesday and Saturday evenings and Wednesday afternoon and throughout the winter just one day a week, Saturday afternoon. On March 31, 1922, the Community Library Association was formed as a separate and distinct organization from the Shakespeare Club and the library operated under its auspices until it was recognized as a school district public library on May 28, 1935. The library moved briefly to 313 South Main Street before relocating to the basement of the city-owned post office at 103 East Spring Street, where it remained for 45 years. On Veteran's Day 1981, a new building was dedicated at 140 South Chestnut Street on land donated by the City of St. Marys and funded by a bond levy. Voters were approached and passed a levy to fund a building and expansion project to the building at 140 S. Chestnut Street in March 2000. The project was completed in approximately eighteen months and the building was re-dedicated on April 14, 2002

Update: The wagon has been found.Thank You!Have you seen our wagon?It is part of the Garden Swap and Share display. Ther...
05/13/2026

Update:
The wagon has been found.
Thank You!

Have you seen our wagon?

It is part of the Garden Swap and Share display. There was a sign on it, but it might have blown away in the wind.

05/06/2026

Our color copier is currently out of order. We can only offer 8-1/2 by 11-sized black and white copies at this time.

Mark your calendars now for our Library Literacy Night! Games: "May the 4th Be with You" and "Colonial: America 250"You...
04/27/2026

Mark your calendars now for our Library Literacy Night!
Games: "May the 4th Be with You" and "Colonial: America 250"
You won't want to miss it!
Geared for grades 6-8
Location St. Marys Community Public Library
Monday, May 4, 2026 at 6:00 pm

This event is a week from today! Mark your calendars now for our Library Literacy Night! You won't want to miss it!

May 2026 Calendar of EventsAre you getting ready for Summer Reading in June and July?
04/27/2026

May 2026 Calendar of Events
Are you getting ready for Summer Reading in June and July?

04/25/2026

Happening 10am-1pm
Saturday, April 25, 2026

04/24/2026

You do not have to bring items to take items!

04/23/2026

Pick your books and leave a donation of your choosing!

Address

140 S Chestnut Street
Saint Marys, OH
45885

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 7pm
Tuesday 10am - 7pm
Wednesday 10am - 7pm
Thursday 10am - 7pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 2pm

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