Come share your memories of the Austin Davis Public Library!
(Formerly the Citrus Park-Keystone Branch)
(Formerly the Citrus Park-Keystone Branch)
Austin Davis Public Library
May 18th, 2013
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The region was first serviced by the bookmobile until June 6, 1977, after library director Leo Meirose recommended to county commissioners that a library branch open at Fox's Corner Shopping Center on Mobley Road in Odessa. This library was known as the Citrus Park-Keystone Branch Library, known for its quaint, neighborhood feel that catered to its rural community. Do you remember this storefront library?
After nearly 15 years of library service at this location, county commissioners continued to grapple on how to fund a new library building adequate for the rapidly growing region.
It was not until 1991 that the Friends of the Citrus Park-Keystone Library's rally-cries for a full-service library brought the cause to the attention of M. Austin Davis, co-founder of the famed Winn-Dixie grocery chain. In response, W-D Charities, Inc. donated $1.1 million dollars for the construction of a new, 10,500 square-foot public library for the Citrus Park-Keystone region, which now bears Austin Davis's name.
The Austin Davis Public Library, located at 17808 Wayne Rd. in Odessa, FL (just east of Gunn Hwy on Wayne Road) was dedicated May 23rd, 1993. Read more about the library's history here!
Come share your personal history of the Citrus Park-Keystone Branch/Austin Davis Public Library!
The Library History Roadshow invites its community to bring their local library-related photos, memorabilia and memories to digitize for the Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library History Archive on May 18th from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.
There will be cake, compliments of the Friends of the Austin Davis Library, who are celebrating 20 years of the library! Also, come see a historic Burgert Brothers photographic exhibit tailored just for this event.
For more information about the Library History Roadshow, please call 813-273-3652.
