Centennial Celebration Events

Traveling through History: 1911 - 2011

2011 marks the one hundredth anniversary of the public library in Rowan County. The Traveler's Club, the first federated club in Salisbury, decided to establish a library for Salisbury. On March 13, 1911, in the Elk's Hall, the library association was first formed and elected Archibald Henderson Boyden as its chair. The Boydens offered the small Henderson law office, still located today on the corner of Fisher and Church Streets, as a temporary home for the library. Later the family donated a portion of their property as the site of today’s Rowan Public Library. To celebrate this milestone events are planned throughout 2011.